Light with multiple bulbs burnt wiring help

[JohnW2]

Ok great sounds like a challenge then. I'll disconnect it and see how much I can take it apart.... Another DIY mini project... Thanks all for your help and opinions

Make sure you note how the wires were connected where they all come together at the centre.

As I have just (by implication!) asked - what is supplying these lights - some sort of transformer/power supply?

Kind Regards, John

 

[pb63]

The wires above the fitting feed into a little black box mounted in the ceiling. Is that the transformer?

I've got an electrician friend who I know. I might detach it and take it over to him to see what he thinks...I may be able to bribe him with beer tokens...

 

[JohnW2]

The wires above the fitting feed into a little black box mounted in the ceiling. Is that the transformer?

It could be. Could you perhaps post a photo of it?

Kind Regards, John

 

[pb63]

It could be. Could you perhaps post a photo of it?

Kind Regards, John

 

[pb63]

It's quite a long box but is slotted in the ceiling if you see what I mean.

 

[JohnW2]

It's quite a long box but is slotted in the ceiling if you see what I mean.

Yes, that's quite possibly a power supply ('electronic transformer'). Can you see any writing on it which would give us more information?

Kind Regards, John

 

[pb63]

Yes I can see something written on them but typically not enough light!

When I take them down in daylight I'll try and see if I can get a better picture.

Thanks!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

unless it were 'cheap and nasty' (which doesn't seem all that likely)

In the eye of, and all that.

But the owner doesn't think it is, which is what matters.

 

[securespark]

Looks like the box in the ceiling may just be a connection point.

The box inside the top of the light fitting looks like it has writing on it.

Usually, this type of fitting has a (sometimes circular) transformer in the part that attaches to the ceiling, hence the ventilation slots.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I suppose an alternative might be that they were all wired in series, and fed from a 120V transformer, but I would rather doubt that

Indeed, they might be.

Because someone might have thought that was a good way to design a light, given how nice it would be to identify a failed bulb.

And there might be herds of invisible flying unicorns living in the Arctic, but I would rather doubt that.

 

[JohnW2]

Looks like the box in the ceiling may just be a connection point.

Yes, it does look a bit like that - that's why I asked about the writing. However, there presumably has to be a transformer or PSU somewhere, even in the unlikely event that the bulbs are wired in series and originally designed for a US market.

The only real reason I got onto questions about the transformer/PSU was to rule out the (as above, unlikely) possibility that the bulbs/lamps were wired in series (for if/when we get questions about 'how to connect them'!).

Kind Regards, John

 

[aptsys]

At a guess I think it might take me a bit more than an hour, and use less than £10 of parts.

..."another planet" springs to mind.

 

[securespark]

And there might be herds of invisible flying unicorns living in the Arctic, but I would rather doubt that.

You've just ruined my life.

 

[bernardgreen]

And there might be herds of invisible flying unicorns living in the Arctic, but I would rather doubt that.

There were, until some meat company supplying supermarkets found them

 

[pb63]

Looks like the box in the ceiling may just be a connection point.

The box inside the top of the light fitting looks like it has writing on it.

Usually, this type of fitting has a (sometimes circular) transformer in the part that attaches to the ceiling, hence the ventilation slots.

Indeed you're right. Taken light off completely this evening.

The transformer is circular and is within the light casing.

See piccy: