Hi All, I would like to wire fairy lights (or something similar) to a normal ceiling rose light fitting. Could anyone tell me wether this can be done safely and if so how to go about it?
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Wiring fairy lights
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Provided the lights are rated for connection to a 6A circuit, i.e. the instructions don't say to fit a plug with a 3A fuse.
Connect them to the live & neutral terminals in the ceiling rose...
//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:lighting
seems a strange set up, why would you want to this? opposed to using a socket outlet with the correct rated fuse in the plug top
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Dont think they sell them anymore. No demand.
They used to use them for such like irons and small heaters. My grandad had a small metal cylinder-like heater. showed me it working once. Had a braided cord and a bayonet plug. I doubt it was DI.
Can you still get fairy lights which connect direct to a 230V supply?
They ALL seem to be supplied via a wall wart transformer these days.
They ALL seem to be supplied via a wall wart transformer these days.
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They used to use them for such like irons and small heaters. My grandad had a small metal cylinder-like heater. showed me it working once. Had a braided cord and a bayonet plug. I doubt it was DI.[/quote]
And my grandmother had an immersion heater element on a braided cord of just the right length to reach from a Y shaped adaptor in the light rose into the water in her tin bath. Ahh those were the days.
They used to use them for such like irons and small heaters. My grandad had a small metal cylinder-like heater. showed me it working once. Had a braided cord and a bayonet plug. I doubt it was DI.
[/quote]And my grandmother had an immersion heater element on a braided cord of just the right length to reach from a Y shaped adaptor in the light rose into the water in her tin bath. Ahh those were the days.
Can you still get fairy lights which connect direct to a 230V supply?
They ALL seem to be supplied via a wall wart transformer these days.
Presumably so they can run them in parallel rather than series to stop one bulb failure taking out the whole chain?
I think it's partly that, and IIRC there were a couple of cases where the insulation had become damaged on a 230V string, and caused electric shock.
Remember most of those strings were single insulated, and depending where the insulation gets damaged, there is a 230V shock potential.
Remember most of those strings were single insulated, and depending where the insulation gets damaged, there is a 230V shock potential.
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