Hi guys,
Moved to Turku last week and I bought a ceiling Lamp from Ikea for my living room. Now I have a problem with installing it. The Ikea lamp has ground, neutral and live wire. From the ceiling there are three cables (green, grey and brown(or is that violet?)) and there are two light switches (in one place -> see the pic).
For what is the second light switch? There is just one lamp in the living room
Which cable should I put where?
Btw, the building was built 1967
I‘m not sure if there is a ground wire already in the ceiling or not (could it be that it is the green one?)
Ceiling Lamp - Wires
Re: Ceiling Lamp - Wires
You have a neutral and two lives for a light with multiple bulbs, just put a choc block or similar on one of the lives.
It is what it is, make of it what you will.
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Re: Ceiling Lamp - Wires
How about the grounding of the lamp itself?
Re: Ceiling Lamp - Wires
Need to move to a much newer home to find earth wires in the lighting circuit. If your new light is metal don't lick it when it's turned on just in case.
It is what it is, make of it what you will.
Re: Ceiling Lamp - Wires
Hello. The reason you have 3 wires, is because you have 2 switches. So that you can attach 2 circuits separately and control them separately.
So you can have all Lamps ON, or only some of them ON while the others being OFF.
If your lamp has more than one light bulb socket, you can take advantage of this wiring and use the 2 switches to control your light bulbs in 2 groups
So you can have all Lamps ON, or only some of them ON while the others being OFF.
If your lamp has more than one light bulb socket, you can take advantage of this wiring and use the 2 switches to control your light bulbs in 2 groups