How to Change a Light Fitting

Changing a regular ceiling pendant for any new decorative fitting can be challenging according to the sort of new fitting and just how well or poorly the initial pendant is wired to start with.
As a rule, there are normally three cables with a ceiling light fitting, this means when you take away the shroud in the rose there needs to be three red (or brown) conductors, three black (or blue) conductors and three bare cables (earth).
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The switched live will be coupled to the live from the pendant and will be sleeved showing it’s live. To swap the fittings, first isolate the electricity. Next disconnect all wires to the pendant and take away it from your ceiling making sure that you’ve correctly identified the switched live. Join every one of the live conductors plus a suitable connector block and fix the new light fitting towards the ceiling in respect wit the designers instructions, connect each of the Neutral Conductors (there needs to be two) towards the neutral on the fitting, switched live connects to call home last but not least connect every one of the earths together and join them towards the appropriate connection for the new light and reassemble the duvet.