Plug in ceiling hanging pendent lights

oxygen · 23-05-2017 02:18PM #1

Hi

Ive been looking at something similar to whats linked below. Its a pendent light I would plug into the wall and hang from the ceiling. Its decorative only, would use one of those low wattage traditional style bulbs.

http://www.urbancottageindustries.com/made-for-you/simple-lights

By the time I have configured the type of light I want, (x2), its well over £100. Is this something I could wire myself? Say if I bought two standard wall plugs, a length of electrical cable, and then two bulb holders with two traditional style filament bulbs, can I wire the bulb holders to the sockets on the wall?

thanks in advance,

wait4me · 23-05-2017 03:27PM

oxygen wrote: »

http://www.urbancottageindustries.com/made-for-you/simple-lights

Wow - the next time my wife asks me to wire a plug, I now know what to charge. Clever entrepreneur!

OP - wiring a plug and a lamp holder is pretty easy to do. Just make sure that all wires are tightly screwed in - in particular for the lamp-holder which will have additional weight on it when you hang it with a bulb in it.

23-05-2017 04:37PM

Post what kind of configuration you want. I guarantee that you can get 2 of what you want made up for less than a quarter of what that crowd are charging. Its very easily done. Just to add to the previous posters comment, make sure you fit a 3 amp fuse into the plugs instead of the standard 13 amp they come with.

oxygen · 30-05-2017 10:50AM

Hey guys

Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this? Specifically this cable, its a good price, €2 for a meter!

https://greenice.com/en/vintage-installation-accesories/6103-red-cable-2x0-75-by-the-metre-8435402564768.html

Granted, without an earth cable I'm not sure how that would work when its plugged into the wall...

thanks!

30-05-2017 01:35PM

oxygen wrote: »

Hey guys

Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this?

Sometimes. It depends on what you are connecting to it. If the bulb holder and light switch are double insulated (100% plastic) they do not require an earth.

wait4me · 30-05-2017 01:53PM

oxygen wrote: »

Hey guys

Can I use 2 core electrical cable for this? Specifically this cable, its a good price, €2 for a meter!

No luck finding anything locally? This site is Spanish AFAIK but shipping does not seem to be over expensive

oxygen · 30-05-2017 03:32PM

2011 wrote: »

Sometimes. It depends on what you are connecting to it. If the bulb holder and light switch are double insulated (100% plastic) they do not require an earth.

Yikes, most of the bulb holders Ive been looking at are covered by brass or metal. It will be plugged into a wall socket

Plug in ceiling hanging pendent lights

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