Plug for Ikea lights

[Elgm]

Ikea lights

• Elgm
• 25 Aug 2014
• 1

Need a plug!

Hi all.
Hope this photo works!

I've been left a string of Ikea 'Glansa' lights in a home I've just moved in to.
But there's no mains plug!

I've phoned Ikea UK and they have no knowledge of the product, let alone how I can plug it in!

By looking at the photo attached - can anyone advise me please? Is there a third party plug that has this connection?

Hope someone can help! [/img]

 

[AndyPRK]

here's an option

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electro-H...?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3ce6bac9f1

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Connector...ion_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item2ed4d105e8

 

[Belboz]

A quick net search appears to suggest that IKEA's GLANSA range came out in 2007. There are shedloads of GLANSA products on e-bay!

Looking at that plug and the label, I suspect they are for ELV lighting given they appear to suggest 24V DC.

I wonder if there is a power supply unit missing?

Sorry I can't help further but try some research on the net.

B

 

[JohnW2]

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Connector...o_Cables_Adapters&hash=item2ed4d105e8[/QUOTE]
You seem to be thinking that the OPs plug is a 2-pin DIN, but it looks to me as if the OP's plug has two flat 'prongs' at right angles. Unless my memory is failing me, 2-pin DIN ('speaker') plugs have one flat and one (small) round 'prong', don't they?
Edit: OK, I give in - the central pin probably is round. I blame Mr Specsaver

Kind Regards, John

 

[Taylortwocities]

Forget about the connector.

Buy something like THIS

(the pic shows a 12v one, but they also sell 24v versions.)

Then chop off the IKEA plug and wire the lead direct into the terminals on the eBay driver.

Meerkat

• Taylortwocities
• 11 Dec 2009
• 53

Simples!

 

[JohnW2]

... Then chop off the IKEA plug and wire the lead direct into the terminals on the eBay driver.

Indeed - give or take the usual cautions/concerns about "eBay drivers"! (there are more reputable sources).

Kind Regards, John

 

[333rocky333]

but it looks to me as if the OP's plug has two flat 'prongs' at right angles.

Looks like 1 flat and 1 round to me john

 

[JohnW2]

but it looks to me as if the OP's plug has two flat 'prongs' at right angles.

Looks like 1 flat and 1 round to me john

On looking again (many times!), you may well be right! I think it's one of those situations in which it's very difficult to rid one's mind of one's 'first impression'! The shadow on the top of what is possibly the round (central) pin can make it look very much like a flat one - and that's presumably what my eyes and brain first saw, and then found it difficult to 'shake off'!

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

But there's no mains plug!

Just as well...

 

[bernardgreen]

It it looks like that then it is a loudspeaker type plug

One source is

http://uk.farnell.com/schurter/4850-125/plug-din-speaker-2pole/dp/150850

 

[JohnW2]

It it looks like that then it is a loudspeaker type plug

I really must need that next trip to Specsavers - that one looks like two round pins and one flat one to me

Kind Regards, John

 

[Elgm]

Sorry for the poor original photography folks!

Hopefully this will help -- //www.diynot.com/network/Elgm/albums/21825/81660

To confirm, it's one flat pin (the larger one), and one round.

Thanks for your help.

 

[JohnW2]

Sorry for the poor original photography folks!
Hopefully this will help -- //www.diynot.com/network/Elgm/albums/21825/81660
To confirm, it's one flat pin (the larger one), and one round. Thanks for your help.

Thanks - that's pretty conclusive. I think the problem was my eyesight (or, at least, visual perception), rather than your photography!

As people of pointed out, the main issue is not that of connectors - you appear to be missing the 'thing' (whether you call it a 'transformer', 'power supply' or whatever) which converts the mains voltage (230V-240V) to 24V.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Elgm]

Thank John - yes, you're absolutely right ... that's what I'm missing.

I must admit, as a DIY dullard, I'm somewhat stuck now.

Am I right in saying that there's nothing I can buy in the shops / online that'll take me from that two pin plug into the mains?

 

[JohnW2]

Thank John - yes, you're absolutely right ... that's what I'm missing. I must admit, as a DIY dullard, I'm somewhat stuck now. Am I right in saying that there's nothing I can buy in the shops / online that'll take me from that two pin plug into the mains?

As has been explained, you need a mains to 24V 'transformer'/ converter/ driver/ whatever. You might struggle to find one into which you can actually insert that plug - but the most obvious place to look would be Ikea, who presumably made the original one.

However, as TTC said early on, there are countless items out there (such as the one he linked to) which would do the job - but they would usually have screw terminals on their output, rather than a socket into which to insert that plug. As he said, you would simply have to cut the plug off and connect the cable to those screw terminals. If you're not comfortable doing that, you could obviously get an electrician to do it for you.

Kind Regards, John