Actual for the Russians - how to connect the chandelier with their own hands for a couple of minutes. Video instruction

How to connect a chandelier

Very often when moving to a new apartment or after repairs in an old apartment, such a household operation as a replacement or installation of a chandelier is required. At the same time, if this is done for the first time, there are difficulties of a practical nature. Not every home master knows how to connect a chandelier, especially if this lamp has several lamps, or is a device equipped with a controller and a remote control.

The purpose of this article is to help the domestic craftsman to cope with the connection of the chandelier without the help of a professional electrician.

What is a chandelier

A chandelier is a central light in a room. It is located, usually in the center of the room and has several lamps to ensure uniform illumination. The number of light sources usually varies from 3 to 6, and the chandelier connection scheme includes the combination of lamps into groups, to obtain different brightness modes of illumination. To understand how to connect a chandelier is not difficult, but it is necessary to represent internal electrical connections and know the purpose of the wires that come out of the ceiling opening.

Practical connection of

luminaire Before starting work, you need to prepare a tool:

• Straight and cross screwdrivers
• Side cutters
• Combination pliers
• Screwdriver - phase indicator or multimeter

In additionThat means devices for connection of wires are necessary. These can be pads where the wires are clamped under the screw, connecting isolating clamps PPE, or spring clamps Wago. The scheme for connecting the chandelier depends on the number of light sources and the type of switch. So, we have a ceiling opening with three outgoing wires, a ceiling hook for hanging a chandelier and a lamp that can have a different number of lamps.

How to connect the chandelier to the

switch First of all, it is necessary to deal with the ceiling wiring. In contrast to the European standard, where the color and purpose of the wire is strictly regulated, our masters often use the installation wire that is available, so first we will determine the purpose of each wire. Of the three wires, one is always zero, and the other two wires feed the phase through the switches of the switch.

Sequence of work:

• Switch off the power supply and the two-key switch
• We bend the three sections of the ceiling wire on the sides to avoid closing
• Remove the insulation from each wire, about 1 cm
• Turn on the power machine and the switch
• Touching the phase indicatorto each of the three wires, on the glow of the indicator we find two phase conductors and determine zero( there is no voltage on it and the indicator does not glow)
• By turning off the keyshi switch fix matching availability phase switch keys

This chandelier connection scheme provides three modes of lighting brightness and involves connecting the chandelier to a two-key switch:

• One group of
• lamps is switched on Other group of lamps included
• All lamps connected at the same time

This answers the questionconnect the two-key chandelier.

Various types of connections

The next stage of work is the determination of the electrical connections of the chandelier itself, but it should be borne in mind that they may not be. Most of the produced chandeliers have a three-wire circuit and to understand how to connect a 3-wire chandelier, it is enough to look at the product's passport. There is a scheme for grouping lamps, for example, if a chandelier has 5 lamps, they are grouped into two groups with different number of light sources.

The diagram shows a common wire that will be connected to a zero wire coming out of the ceiling, and the two remaining wires are connected to two phase wires coming from the switch. Therefore, the question of how to connect a chandelier to a switch is not too complicated. As well as connect the chandelier 3 wires. If there is no circuit, the common wire always has a different color than the two phase wires.

How to connect the chandelier when three wires come out of the ceiling, and only two of the chandeliers go off, and the lamp can have several lamps. This design means that one of the two phase conductors is enough to power the chandelier, so the extra phase conductor must be securely insulated. A professional electrician or a person who understands well in electrical engineering can disassemble such a chandelier and perform internal connections of the lamps, since I use conveniently. Of course, all work is best done using a universal tester.

How to connect a chandelier if it does not have an internal installation, and all connections must be made by the user himself, as it is convenient for him. For example, we have a 6-lamp chandelier, and 12 wires come out of it, usually two colors. This means that each lamp is displayed separately and the chandelier has no internal connections. The connection of such a chandelier is easy, in addition chandeliers of this type are designed for use in modern lighting systems involving the use of a special controller that allows the inclusion of any number of lamps, as well as the use of a remote control panel.

If a chandelier connection is made without a controller, then 6 wires of the same color must be connected together - this will be zero, and the remaining 6 wires of a different color will be grouped into two groups, for example, equally, ie three wires per group. As a result, we get a classical circuit that connects to a two-switch switch in the manner described above.

How to connect two chandeliers from one two-switch switch

This is easy to do if a decorative suspended ceiling is installed, for example, in the bathroom and toilet. Then behind the ceiling, you can build up the wires and control the lighting in these two rooms with a single switch. As well, all electrical work can be done behind stretch ceilings in living rooms.

How to connect a chandelier with a remote control

The most modern version of household lighting systems are luminaires using a controller and a remote control. LEDs are usually used as light sources.

The controller allows you to include a large number of light sources in any configuration, and additional programs allow you to use such a system as a design element that performs the function of color music installation. In order to understand how to connect the chandelier with the remote control, you must carefully read the instructions.

This system consists of a base unit and a remote control. Controller, usually located in the decorative case of a chandelier-plafond. The terminal "L", the controller is connected to the phase, and to the terminal "N" - zero. The lamp group of the luminaire is connected by one side( wires) and connected to zero, and free wires are connected to the corresponding outputs of the controller. The instructions detail the programming of the lighting system using the remote control.