How to hang a chandelier on the ceiling?

Safety instructions

Any electrical installation work is not safe, since a person is dealing with high voltage current. To ensure that you do not get electrocuted while connecting, and the wiring itself has not failed in time, we recommend that you take into account the following rules and tips:

1. Before you hang the lamp on the ceiling, disconnect the electric power in the network( just disconnect the circuit breaker in the switchboard).
2. Make sure there is no electricity in the room by turning the light on / off.
3. Use a test screwdriver to check the voltage on the wires coming from the ceiling. If there is no current, go to work.
4. Connect the wires using the terminal blocks."Dedovskaya" twist with insulation is not safe.
5. Do not purchase Chinese products of poor quality, becausemost often they are out of order.
6. Take care of the good grounding of the wiring.

If you comply with these security measures, fix the chandelier on the ceiling can be quickly and without any problems.

Tools and materials

In order to carry out the installation, you will need the following tools:

• electric drill or perforator;
• stepladder;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• indicator screwdriver;
• pliers.

From materials it is necessary to prepare:

• connecting blocks or WAGO terminals( they do not always come bundled, especially if the product is cheap);
• fastening element( hook or anchor);
• screws with dowels.

As for the latter, it should be clarified. If the chandelier fixing will be carried out to the concrete ceiling, it is necessary to purchase anchors, they are installed in the wall in a more qualitative way. In order to hang the body on a wooden ceiling, you can use wood screws( if the lamp is a small weight).To gypsum cardboard it is possible to fix only if to get on a skeleton from profiles, using self-cutters on metal.

Installation methods

In order to independently hang the chandelier to the ceiling in the house, you can use one of three methods, each of which is pre-determined by the manufacturer. If the product is not heavy, it can be hung on the hook. Weighing more than 5 kg, it is necessary to use anchor bolts. The design of some chandeliers requires the installation of a special bar( bracket).Well, the last way - fastening the back cover of the lamp directly to the ceiling or wall. Now we will consider in detail each of the above methods.

Hook

To install a light chandelier, you can buy an inexpensive hook with a dowel( as shown in the picture) and screw it into the ceiling, then hang a loop on the hook, provided by the design of the luminaire.

We draw your attention to the fact that this method is suitable only if the ceiling is wooden or concrete, becausethen it can drill a hole and insert the plug. If plasterboard casing, this type of installation is prohibited, because the hook will simply vomit after hanging the fixture.

If the chandelier is large and heavy, you can hang it on an anchor hook. Its design is presented in the photo:

All you need is to drill a hole of the required diameter in the ceiling, then screw in the hook. Anchor "breaks", thanks to which a reliable fastening of the product even greater weight will be created.

This connection can spoil the interior of the room, so it is recommended to buy lamps that have a decorative bowl that will hide all the fasteners.

Bracket

If the manufacturer has planned the mounting, it will take a little more time to install.

The kit includes a metal bar and 2 screws with nuts. All you need is to fix the bar( bracket), then hang the chandelier tightly to the ceiling.

This option is more laborious, but at the same time nothing complicated. The main thing is to correctly adjust the distance between the screws( it must correspond to the distance between the holes in the body of the luminaire).

Rear cover

If you wish to hang a chandelier to the ceiling without drilling with a perforator, you must choose a special kind of lamp, the plafond of which can be fixed with screws. In this case, just screw in a few screws through the holes in the back cover. Most often this method of attachment is used if the product is light and mounted on the wall( as shown in the picture).

Connecting

So, so that you can understand each of the ways of connection, we will provide the appropriate step-by-step instructions for the teapots.

If you use a hook, just drill a hole in the ceiling with a drill, drive a dowel( or anchor) into it, and then screw in the hook itself. Next, you need to connect the wires between the body and the lead wires, carefully insulate them( if required) and only then hang the chandelier on the hook. This should be discussed in more detail, so you know how to properly connect the chandelier on the ceiling.

If the design of the luminaire does not provide grounding, two wires must be connected to the housing - phase and zero. As a rule, metal fixtures provide additional grounding, so in this case you will deal with three wires - phase, zero and grounding. Each core must be connected in the terminal block according to the color coding of the wires, as well as the symbols. If 4 wires are coming out of the housing of the luminaire, then a chandelier for two light bulbs and connect it is necessary by analogy with the scheme for connecting the sconce to two lamps.

If you are installing the wiring from scratch, you still need to connect a light switch. You can familiarize yourself with the technology by simply clicking on the link.

In order to smoothly hang the chandelier on the bracket, you must first put the screws at a suitable distance. Then fix the bracket using the dowel-nails. Next, the body must be threaded through the studs, and with the help of decorative nuts securely fix the product on the bar. As in the previous case, the wiring must be done in advance.

We also draw your attention to a very important point. When connecting chandeliers, the cores must be properly connected: phase to phase, zero to zero, and ground to ground. If you mix up the contacts, a short circuit will occur. To avoid this, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the color coding of the wires.

Well, the last way - fastening the back cover directly to the ceiling. In this case, the design of the product has several holes on the back cover, which are simply fixed with screws. There is nothing complicated, the only advice that I would like to give is that all holes should not be used. If the light is light, but there are 4-5 holes, then three screws may be enough to hang the case.

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the connection diagram of the socket and the switch where you clearly see the principle of lighting:

Checking the

When you finish the electrical connection, you need to check all the work. First visually - so that you can not see the wires( veins hide in the body).After that, you need to turn the lamp to see if it's secure. Well, in the end, turn on the machine and if it does not knock out, and the lamp itself does not spark, then everything is done right! As you can see, you can hang a chandelier to the ceiling just for one person and even for a woman! The main thing is to observe all the rules that we told you about!

Non-standard situations

Above we provided you with instructions for installing the chandelier in the most standard conditions - when the ceiling is flat and without defects. At the same time, sometimes you have to mount in non-standard conditions, which we'll talk about in brief.

To hang a chandelier on the suspended ceiling, you can use the bar as shown below in the photo. In this case, the fastening can be carried out even if the ceiling is already tensioned and, moreover, the replacement of the luminaire can be done without danger of damaging the film coating.

If you decide to hang the product on a beveled ceiling, in this case it is best to use a suspension on the chain. When for some reason you have to change the location of the chandelier in the apartment, the main thing is not to get into the wiring while drilling a new hole in the ceiling. To do this, it is recommended to use a homemade metal detector that will show where the wires are going.

If there is already a hole in the ceiling, be sure to use it to not re-drill a hole with a perforator. Too large a hole can be hidden with a special gypsum plafond, which is sold in most building stores.

If three wires of the same color come out from the hole, then in order to find the phase, zero and ground, you will have to use a multimeter. With two-wire wiring things are easier - to find the phase and zero can be a conventional indicator screwdriver( when you touch the phase, the light will come on).

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