That’s sort of what I need to know If it can be wired into a standard plug that has the 3 wire slots? If so where do the black & Blue wires go? as I can’t seem to find this combination of wires on any searches I’ve done. I hope that makes sense (I know very little about electrics) I would take the lamps to a professional but they are very fragile & large so hard to transport unfortunately.
This is predominantly a North American based site so we don't know all the rules and regs for your electrical system.
Yes.... you can use a three prong plug on that lamp.
I know you can get the flat pin type plugs with a 13A fuse but that is a bit large for a lamp.
Not sure if you can get the flat pin type with a smaller fuse.
Your home wiring can use high current ring circuits which necessitates the use of fused plugs.
You should have a local sparky that could also help you.
Blue/neutral goes on the left side. Hot/black goes on the right side where the fuse is.
"Can" it be done: I assume the two wires regardless of color connect to the two prongs next to each other N and L. Since you only have two wires there is nothing to connect to the third ground/earth prong.
"Should" it be done, is it permitted. I would use a plug with a plastic earth prong. That type would probably be OK since the plastic earth pin clearly indicates that it is not electrically grounding/earthing and the third prong is there merely to open the shutters in the wall receptacle.
Thank you for that info. It was the different coloured wires on my lamp that threw me as it’s black & blue coloured wires rather than a blue & brown wire which is what I’ve seen been wired into a 3 prong plug before. I would take them to a sparky but unfortunately they are quite large & extremely fragile lamps which are hard to transport.
So I am finally getting around to installing. My light as you can see from the pictures my questions are 1. Do I connect all black together or do I connect one black from the fixture to one black wire from the wall and repeat with the second black wire. I'm guessing the answer will apply to the white wires as well. 2. How about the ground wires?
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Wonder if anyone can identify the make/model of thid ceiling fan? It's one my sister had in her old house and took down before it was demolished. She now wants to mount it in her basement in her new house. (It has been about 8 yrs. since it was removed). She thought she'd saved all the parts to put it back up, but appears to be missing a piece? (not sure how to een describe what that piece is.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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