Wiring up the bar lights


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Old 09-25-12, 10:52 PM
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Wiring up the bar lights

Hi guys

Forgive me if this post is in the wrong place, or repeated. Feel free to move it, or send me in the right direction.

I have a bar unit at home now, and it came with down-lights, and some incomplete wiring. (see pic)

Can anybody tell me what to do to make this usable?
The intention is not hardwiring, I would like this to be a plug-in unit, ideally with a switch or dimmer somewhere in the circuit.

I have basic electrical knowledge, but I'm a fast learner.

Note: It will go into an Australian wall socket

Thanks!!
 
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Old 09-25-12, 11:34 PM
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It will go into an Australian wall socket
Bad news is this is primarily a North American forum and there is enough difference between the wiring systems and codes nobody here may be able to give you really good help.
 
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Old 09-25-12, 11:54 PM
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thanks ray, I thought that might be the case

I might leave it up for now, never know who might stumble across it
 
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Old 09-26-12, 11:17 AM
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It will go into an Australian wall socket
A receptacle in Australia supplies 240V at 50Hz and a receptacle in the US supplies 120V at 60Hz. That can be a problem for the things we plug in, but the wiring should not be different for a cord-and-plug connected load.

That said, that's an interesting-looking connection bar you have there. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't give us any information about the function of the wires terminated to it. Can you tell us how you're planning to get power from the wall to the switch or dimmer, and from there to the lights?
 
 

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