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Pendent light fittings

TheCatWoman

Due to our wiring not being properly earthed our electrician has said we need to change all our light fittings to plastic where they join the wiring in the ceiling, the only ones I can find are bog standard, single drops, or similar but more expensive ceramic ones. I'm not adverse to ceramic, in many ways I'd rather have them, but I have questions, are ceramic ones stronger allowing more weight?

Does anyone know of any fitting that are plastic and multiple drops? Or any that have hook on them so as I can hang my vintage "flycatcher" shades?

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    Does anyone know of any fitting that are plastic and multiple drops? Or any that have hook on them so as I can hang my vintage "flycatcher" shades?

    I installed several such light fittings a few months ago that I had resored, complete with new chains.

    I used a standard hook mounting plate which had a hole in the center for the cable and the hook supported the chain:

    There are a load of options out there depending on how fancy you want it, but the one above is £32 - your local hardware supplier should be able to get a simple one for well under a tenner - just search for "light mounting plate hook".

    eBay had loads of options and I suspect Amazon will have too.

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  • TheCatWoman said:
    Does anyone know of any fitting that are plastic and multiple drops? Or any that have hook on them so as I can hang my vintage "flycatcher" shades?

    I installed several such light fittings a few months ago that I had resored, complete with new chains.

    I used a standard hook mounting plate which had a hole in the center for the cable and the hook supported the chain:

    There are a load of options out there depending on how fancy you want it, but the one above is £32 - your local hardware supplier should be able to get a simple one for well under a tenner - just search for "light mounting plate hook".

    eBay had loads of options and I suspect Amazon will have too.

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  • in reply to Iain

    I hopefully don't need to remind you but please make sure it is screwed into a joint overhead as it will rip out if it is only affixed to plasterboard. The installer should use a stud funder to locate this and avoid an embarrasing mistake when if falls down.