Need Help Putting A Light Together.

[Food Fairy]

Hello, I had the *bright* idea to order 2 sputnik lights from China for our dining room.
There's an assembly video on the advert but it refers to "wires of the same colour are bundled together and inserted into an electrode jack".
I'm assuming this is a poor translation so please could someone look at the video in the advert and tell me what I'm meant to be shoving my wires (politely if possible please)

https://www.*Ad which shall not be named*.com/item/4000923790931.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dN8QNGD

Thank you x

[Mamyalynne]

Ah, there's a problem there - the company is one that AB has blocked I'm afraid.

[Food Fairy]

ok so the link to the advert is blocked.
If you think you can help please go to Ali Express and look for this item:
Modern Nordic Pendant Lights 2 4 6 8 heads Pendant Lamp Long Pole Art Decoration Hanging Lamp E27 led Lamp Ceiling Hanging Lamp

[Food Fairy]

if you substitute *ad which shall not be named* for *Ad which shall not be named*(dot)com then the rest of the link it works

[Food Fairy]

eeeh they're being sneaky! ali express (let's see if that gets through)

[Buenchico]

https://tinyurl.com/vdc99dnu

[tonyav]

If you highlight item/400092379031.html and the right click let google find it, worked for me ( nice lights by the way ).

[tonyav]

Can't find the assembly vid. However I did find this in the feedback / comments.


Beautiful good metal, but the cables do not comply with safety standard, I will have to change them. 25 Jan 2021 16:43

[Buenchico]

>>> Can't find the assembly vid

That makes two of us!

[alavahalf]

Once you click your link Chris.. you see six small windows click on the first one and you will find it in there ..
Looks a bit dodgy to me.. I don't see any facility for an earth fixing within the 'ceiling rose'.

[tonyav]

Found the vid now ( thanks alavahalf ). Yep no earth on the ceiling rose.

[Buenchico]

Yup!

Strictly illegal!

If you really must use it, simply twist the exposed ends of all the brown cables together and connect to the brown live wire in the ceiling. Do the same to match blue to blue.

Now here's the tricky bit. You need to ensure that the metal casing of the ceiling rose is firmly connected to the green and yellow earth cable. To comply with electrical safety regulations, there should be a socket in the ceiling rose, to push that cable into. It's the absence of such a socket that renders the fitting unsafe and illegal. It's possible to do a bodge job by wrapping the end of the cable around one of the screws that holds the rose to the ceiling but it's definitely not something that I'm recommending!

[Mamyalynne]

There's more than one reason why that company is a no no on here.

[tonyav]

Needs rewiring and an earth clamp ( for a earth wire ) soldering on to the ceiling rose imo.

[Buenchico]

That company doesn't actually sell anything itself, Mamya. It merely acts as a portal for traders (mainly in China and Singapore) to offer their wares to the public. So it's like a version Amazon that only has the 'marketplace' side to it.

Some of the traders who sell through that site might well be perfectly legitimate and sell safe electrical items (or clothes that are actually as described in their ads, for example) but a large number most definitely aren't!

[woofgang]

I have bought stuff from Ali but nothing that I was in a hurry for, nothing that cost more money than I wouldn't mind losing and nothing that would kill me or burn my house down.