Light fitting DIY

gravy_granules · Oct 11, 2021

Is thgis a standard UK light fitting?
It is easily swapped to replace a modern unit?

James · Oct 12, 2021

30min job for an electrician.

diy could take from 30 min to 5 hours depending on your
knowledge,
experience,
and if lacking in either of those 2, luck.

telectrix · Oct 12, 2021

I give up. can't see the spider anywhere.

Spoon · Oct 12, 2021

Welcome to the forum mate.
As above. its hard to say how long it will take to do the job.
Take a pic of the light wiring you are going to swap it with. This should give us more of a clue.
Switch off the power to the lights at the consumer unit before you go messing with it though.

SJD · Oct 12, 2021

The fitting looks somewhat like a standard style that has not been quite completed before being sold. Usually the various L & N connectors are already pre-joined in some crimp/twist connectors, not all just dangling loose. And usually the large E ring terminal is already fixed under one of the nuts holding the lighting bars/supports, rather than also left dangling. And a bit curious to have each set of wires loosely wrapped with yellow/green earth tape. It all adds up to lots more possibilities than normal to get things wrong.