Can you use any wire for lights?

LED light systems are not complicated. In fact, due to the small amount of electricity or current they utilize, you can practically use just about any wire that you can find.

What are the wires that go to a light fitting?

The switch simply cuts off the live current. The red and black wire either side of the ceiling rose are coloured like this for clarity to show live and neutral. With your light fitting flex, they will be brown (LIVE) and blue (NEUTRAL). When you have removed your existing fitting, you will need to know which wires go to the switch.

How do you connect a light fitting to a light switch?

Then turn on the light switch (With all power off to the lighting circuits, there is no power to the switch). If you have connected to the switch cable, the circuit tester will indicate that you have completed a circuit. If not , it will not move and you try the next set of black and red wires that are in a cable together.

What kind of wire do I need for a ceiling light?

This will mean that you have a circuit cable and a switch cable. If three cables enter the ceiling rose, you have Loop In Wiring. This will mean that you have two circuit cables and a switch cable. NOTE – a working knowledge of the colouring of UK wires is essential for this task. If you require assistance, read our guide on this subject here.

How many wires are allowed in a light fixture?

For 15A circuits, this is #14 wire; for 20A circuits, it is #12 wire. Note that the wires to the fixture must also be sized to carry the maximum expected current, but that is (largely) determined by the manufacturer of the fixture.

How to install a light fixture with two lead wires?

Twist the ends of the two light fixture lead wires together. Connect the lead wires from the fixture to the black hot wire in the electrical box by twisting a wire connector to the ends of the lead and hot wires. Repeat these connections with the two white neutral wires from the light fixture and the white neutral wire in the light fixture box.

What’s the best way to hook up a light fixture?

Hook up the fixture temporarily without mounting it to do a live test to determine wire polarity if there are no markings. Connect one of the fixture wires to the black (hot) circuit wire and the other fixture wire to the white (neutral) circuit wire, using wire nuts.

How do you plug in a marrette light fixture?

Place another twist-on connector, or marette over the two wrapped wires (again, making sure that no wire is exposed). Wrap electrical tape around the marrette and wires to hold it all securely together. You can see the wires twister together and wrapped, as well as the copper ground wire in these pictures: