GU10 extension ? Help please

[richwenham]

Hi there.....I am a complete novice at electrical stuff, so sorry if my wording is not right... in my new house there is no bulb in one fitting/socket (the bit the bulb fits into!) in the bathroom ceiling. when I have looked at it I have found that the fitting/socket will not reach to the hole in the ceiling that has been made for it....it is a few inches short....so any bulb fittied would not reach. is there a simple (bearing in mind my ineptitude) extension that I can buy that fits into the GU10 fitting/socket easily and ends in another GU10 fitting/socket. if so, can you please leave a link in your reply. I have searched online and not found anything...I found this http://www.lightinthebox.com/e27-to...b-flexible-extend-adapter-socket_p846034.html but this converts an E27 to Gu10.....what I want is something just like this but gu10 to gu10 many thanks

 

[telectrix]

bit hard to understand your post. is it the fitting will not reach the hole? if so, extend the cable using wagos in an enclosure or cut another hole .

 

[richwenham]

Hi Telectrix. I did try to put a picture on here, but that didn't work......but you have understood the issue fine. I had thought of cutting another hole and filling the existing, and may end up doing that If there are no easy electrical alternatives. I hadn't heard of wagos, but googled them and can see what you mean, but don't understand how I can extend using them. thanks

 

[HandySparks]

Just get an electrician in to extend the cable. Any sort of adaptor will be a bodge and, since this in a bathroom, could be potentially dangerous.

 

[Richard Burns]

The cable that the GU10 lampholder is attached to should be extended to allow the GU10 lampholder to reach the position of the fitting. A suitable junction box for containing an electrical connection should be used.
The connection is presumably only accessible from under the floor of the room above, I would expect that the cable has either been installed too short and just left or that the cable has been caught up in a hole through a joist or debris under the floor.
If you can get access to the underfloor space you should be able to get this resolved safely.