Retro style pendant lights and 3 plate wiring

[mattg4321]

Got a couple of fittings to put up for a customer soon. Wiring 3x 1mm T+E - 3 plated at ceiling light. No access to floor above. Customer is adamant they want these light fittings put up (or very similar).

Anybody got any clever ideas? To be honest I can't see any way this is going to work short of changing the plate on the ceiling to something similar but bigger/ bodging it with wages pushed into the ceiling void which clearly I'm not going to be doing.

http://www.lampsandlights.co.uk/images/zoom_ceiling-plate-small-single-cordgrip-metal-antique.jpg

 

[DPG]

Weakening the joist holding the ceiling up

It's not a joist - it's a noggin, presumably for screwing the light fitting to. Daz

 

[LankyWill]

I think the lads are being a bit pendantic Lanky, hehe.

I know mate, talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill. As for the op, just dog wago's in the ceiling and wrap a bit of black tape around them. As long as their accessible who cares! Or you can take 6 hours pratting around with a conduit box trying too hard. Dont work on price you would go hungry!

 

[Dave OCD]

I know mate, talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill. As for the op, just dog wago's in the ceiling and wrap a bit of black tape around them. As long as their accessible who cares! Or you can take 6 hours pratting around with a conduit box trying too hard. Dont work on price you would go hungry!

Be pro and use the right colour tape over each Wago. :tongue3:

 

[LankyWill]

Be pro and use the right colour tape over each Wago. :tongue3:

Dammit! Your right Dave shouldn't let myself down like that. Some people make you chuckle, talk about overthinking it. Hows your lad getting on?

 

[7029 dave]

Those boxes that house the wago connectors are so small, you could push that up into the ceiling,or even the very small type 4 terminal jb.

 

[Dave OCD]

He's doing very well thanks Will, very keen and wants to have a go at doing lots of things, I think he'll make a good sparky.

 

[davesparks]

Or you can take 6 hours pratting around with a conduit box trying too hard. Dont work on price you would go hungry!

If you are that slow then you are t going to make any money anyway.
It doesn't take five minutes to flush a loop in box in to a noggin.

 

[LankyWill]

He's doing very well thanks Will, very keen and wants to have a go at doing lots of things, I think he'll make a good sparky.

Thats the best attitude to have, we get some right idiots! stand there, on their phone all day and have no GO about them. He should be a good spark if your teaching him mate

 

[LankyWill]

Those boxes that house the wago connectors are so small, you could push that up into the ceiling,or even the very small type 4 terminal jb.

If your struggling with space, you could twist and tape the connections! Seems to be the approved technique by chancers everywhere!

 

[Dave OCD]

Thats the best attitude to have, we get some right idiots! stand there, on their phone all day and have no GO about them. He should be a good spark if your teaching him mate

Thanks very much mate, I think the obsession with phones is an epidemic now tbh, so many people and not just youngsters can't seem to leave them alone for 5 minutes ?!