How to test a ceiling lights with a plug socket

[alitech]

Hi guys

Please don't kill me. I am not an electrician and this is possibly the very simplest of questions you will read today.

I got a custom light fitting created for me and I wanted to test it without having to get it installed on the ceiling first. There are a few bulb options and I wanted to see which bulb would look best on there which is why I wanted to test it.

I took the wires and put them into a UK plug, and put it into the socket. It doesn't work. Can someone please guide me on how I can test this? Is there anything additional I need to do with the wires for it to work with a plug socket?

Thanks

 

[DPG]

Maplin used to be ideal when it was more aimed at electronics hobbyists, ie. before it became a copy of Tandy selling radio control cars and clocks.

At the head office at Wombwell (near Barnsley for any southerners out there) they had a trade counter that the public could use (if that makes sense!?).

The catalogue used to be a good source of reference as well. In the days when it had pages and pages of IC data, etc. ie. before it became a glossy Tandy catalogue full of radio control cars and clocks.

And don't forget the excellent artwork on the covers.

I've done reminiscing now!

 

[alitech]

ok people, i will get a fuse from the shops today

 

[alitech]

ok people, i will get a fuse from the shops today

Post a pic of the fitting itself. It hasn't got a switch built into it somewhere has it? A small push/pull or something?

No other switch, its supposed to be a ceiling light so connected to the mains.

I just want to test it

 

[DPG]

Let us know how you get on!

 

[telectrix]

Let us know how you get on!

 

[Adam W]

Again, it would probably help if you posted a picture of the whole light fitting - it could be that there's something really obvious amiss which nobody has thought of.
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