Replacing pendant

mrperty2011

Hi. Looking to put new pendant. Have 3 live 3 neutral and 4 earth. How can I get these all connected via tiny junction box. Thanks

seamus

The way I've made this easier in the past is to take the connector strip and split it up into individual connectors. In one side of each connector, you'll put the 3, e.g., live wires from the ceiling, and in the other side you connect the live from the pendant.

If the connector isn't big enough to fit the three wires in one side, you can get larger gauge connectors.

Take the connector off the pendant and attach it to the ones in the ceiling first, this will make your life easier. If you can have someone else with you to take the weight of the pendant while you hook it up, that will also make life much easier.

My understanding is that this is absolutely not the way it's supposed to be done any more, but it's not disallowed for you to do it this way, seeing as that's how it was anyway. You have limited skills and tools, and there's usually very limited space under the pendant cover, so better solutions won't work without making bigger holes in the ceiling to bury the connectors in.

mrperty2011

Thanks Seamus for your reply. I think I’ll look at bigger connector. Much appreciated

listermint

3, 3 way wago connectors.

mrperty2011

Many thanks

awec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118955343#Comment_118955343

Agree that wagos are the way to go, but if there are 3 live, 3 neutral and 4 earths in the ceiling then he'll need 2 x 4 way wago and 1 x 5 way wago, no?

3 lives in the ceiling plus the live coming from the new light = 4 connections needed?