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As a note, I recommend using a qualified Electrician to carry out this repair in your household. I take no responsbility for any errors in this guide, or damage caused. I do this at my own liability. Recommending that you seek out professional fitting at all times.<\/em><\/p>\n First step, gathering the tools and items that you need to carry out the repair. One VDE screwdriver set for Electrical work, and a Ceiling Rose pendant to replace the old damaged one.<\/p>\n Safety first! If you’re going to do this yourself, don’t risk your life. AC voltage can kill you. I’ve had 250v AC through me, and it bloody hurt. It’s a hard sensation to describe, but basically my entire nervous system felt red hot like it was burning and I couldn’t move for a few seconds of the shock. Needsless to say, I learned the hard way via a life lesson. I’m lucky to be alive, now I’d rather not risk it. Off with the Electric. That 30 mins of inconvenience is better than losing your life to stupidity.<\/p>\n Ok time to repair this, first unscrew the lampshade connector from the base of the housing (the bottom half twists off to release the lampshade) – turning counter clockwise to remove it. After this, turn the cover counterclock wise to loosen it too.<\/p>\n Inspecting the old housing, as you can see it was badly damaged over the years, and needed replacing. Bare live wires exposed on the Bayonet connector that attaches to the back of the light bulb housing. The screw in connector that holds the housing for the lightbulb is also broken, hence why it kept dropping out, as there was nothing for it to attach to<\/p>\n Undo the two screws holding the connector to the ceiling, then undo the scotch blog wires holding each wire together on the Bayonet pendant. Prior to doing this, I HIGHLY recommend you seperate the wires, mark them up. Tape them to identify them later. Spend your time working out which is which to save you the headache later<\/p>\n After disconnected, fling the old one to the floor. Out with the old, get rid of the rubbish. Be amazed at the amount of dust and soot that collects when you dispose of it. Feel a sense of accomplishment that you’ve achieved something. Or panic when the realisation sets in and there’s no going back now. Still, we’re all about winners on this site aren’t we?<\/p>\n After removing the old connector, I seperated the wires as needed. I worked on a process of deduction for finding out the switched live wire, and also looking at the diagram to confirm my findings on the wires and colours. The 3 wire sets I had as follows<\/p>\n I then set about installing 1 set of wires at a time methodically into each section until finished. Just to save time here, this is the way the diagram on the above picture tells you to wire it. Or at least the way I wired it.<\/p>\n Just doing a test to make sure I wired everything up correctly. I was paranoid something was going to go bang, so once I was happy I connected the bulb and then switched on the power and pressed the switch for the lights. Et voila! I have lights now, no fuses blew and everything seemed OK. We’re good to go.<\/p>\nWhat you will need to replace your Bayonet light fitting<\/h2>\n
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