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New Ceiling Light Has No Earth Connector
skidbum1
Posts: 3 Newbie
Hello, I'm replacing a ceiling light which has a Live, Neutral and Earth wire. However my new ceiling light has only a Live and Neutral and nowhere to connect the Earth. What should I do with the earth wire?
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Tape it up.
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Cover the earth wire with some earth sheath & leave it.
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Fit a Wago Inline connector like this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385112524770The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.0
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Are you fitting a metal light fitting? If so, it needs an earth. If not, then it doesn’t, so do as pp have said2006 LBM £28,000+ in debt.
2021 mortgage and debt free, working part time and living the dream1 -
Nope.jonnydeppiwish! said:Are you fitting a metal light fitting? If so, it needs an earth. If not, then it doesn’t, so do as pp have said
Plenty of Class II metal light fittings around.1 -
There are, but plenty of Chinese ones too that probably should be earthedBarelySentientAI said:
Nope.jonnydeppiwish! said:Are you fitting a metal light fitting? If so, it needs an earth. If not, then it doesn’t, so do as pp have said
Plenty of Class II metal light fittings around.0 -
Quite true, but adding an earth to piece of Class II equipment can create a safety risk. It wouldn't be correct or safe to just fit an earth to anything metal.flashg67 said:
There are, but plenty of Chinese ones too that probably should be earthedBarelySentientAI said:
Nope.jonnydeppiwish! said:Are you fitting a metal light fitting? If so, it needs an earth. If not, then it doesn’t, so do as pp have said
Plenty of Class II metal light fittings around.1 -
More likely that they simply shouldn't be sold, rather than be Earthed. I wouldn't trust that there would be reliable continuity through them, particularly at high fault currents. You can't simply connect a CPC to it and call it Class I. Manufacturers' type testing is critical.flashg67 said:
There are, but plenty of Chinese ones too that probably should be earthedBarelySentientAI said:
Nope.jonnydeppiwish! said:Are you fitting a metal light fitting? If so, it needs an earth. If not, then it doesn’t, so do as pp have said
Plenty of Class II metal light fittings around.1
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