Connecting a chandelier is a matter of responsibility

Have you ever seen a house without chandeliers? Simple classic horns or chic, with many tiers of crystal chandeliers give the house a cozy and create an atmosphere of comfort. Imagine a cold winter evening, a blizzard outside the window and a soft chandelier light in the room. Such a feeling of happiness and peace ...

But in order that the room was light, the chandelier should be hung. Now we will look at how to install a chandelier so that everything is done correctly and safely.

Connecting a chandelier is a difficult task, requiring that the person who carries out the installation knows electrical engineering and has some experience in installing lighting electrical appliances.

How to connect and hang the chandelier correctly? Installation of any lighting device can be carried out in two ways: directly on the hook in the ceiling or by mounting it in the ceiling structures. It is best to connect the chandelier in the first way, having checked in advance the serviceability of the wiring and switches. If the connection of the chandelier is made by specialists, they can make the installation so that the amount of lights that are switched on will control the brightness of the lighting. In addition, your safety will also be guaranteed, as they correctly connect the ground wires.

Well, if you also have some skills in connecting this kind, you just want to recall how and in what order to perform the installation work.

Usually a new chandelier is hung in place of an old, already served time, which does not fit into the modern design of the apartment. Therefore, the first thing to do is to dismantle it. Dismantling should be done with all care and accuracy, so as not to damage the wiring by disconnecting the power supply. After all, work under tension is threatened with electric shock, which can be fatal.

Then, without fail, you need to check the strength of the chandelier to the ceiling. You do not want a beautiful and expensive chandelier to scatter into thousands of small pieces? You need to make sure that the previously installed mount is suitable for the type and attachment of the new device. If it does not fit, you must necessarily modify it, but only if the new chandelier has a dowel attachment. When the strength of the hook is checked, be sure to wrap it with electrical tape, thus preventing the closure of the wiring.

Then you need to restore the power supply again so that you can check which of the wires is the phase and which ones are zero and under what combinations all the light bulbs will light up. In order to make the correct connection of the chandelier, 3 wires on the ceiling are checked in turn by a screwdriver-indicator. The two wires are a phase, and when they come into contact with them, the screwdriver lights up, and the third one - zero, and it does not react to it at all. Wire "zero" is sent to the junction box, and the phase wires are straight to the switch. They can not be mistaken! Before the permanent wiring, the power is turned off again. If you want to install a double switch, this is the right scheme. Installation was successful if your chandelier burns exactly as you wanted it to.

Sometimes, due to mismatched types of fastening, chandelier connection is possible only after drilling new holes. This work must necessarily be performed by a specialist, because you yourself can not determine where the wiring passes.

The final stage is the direct attachment of the chandelier to the ceiling. Here you need an assistant who will support the device, while the wizard will fix it. It is very important to remember that you can not twist aluminum and copper wires together. This neighborhood destroys the contact! Well, if you still need to do this, then use special pads.

The last moment is the most pleasant: we check how well you have succeeded, and admire the result of the work. If everything is fine, nothing sparkles anywhere, does not burn, we can assume that you coped with the work. Congratulations, you managed to do everything right!

And finally remember: all the chandeliers are hung on the hook. If at you first the additional illumination lights up, and then the main one, it can be easily corrected, having exchanged wires of phases. And finally, if you have at least a little shadow of doubt in your skills, it's better to call a professional master - it's too expensive sometimes to save on electricity and connect the chandelier yourself.