Part 1 - Understanding Ceiling Roses

When you have a look inside your ceiling rose it can be a bit daunting, usually resulting in calling an electrician like me who is thankful of the work to replace with a new light. However, with some basic understanding you can do most of the work yourself.
In the video I'll explain all the fundamentals of ceiling roses and their wiring so that people can do the basics themselves.
Note however, if you are ever unsure of any electrical work, do consult a qualified electrician to explain it to you. Be safe!

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

after watching numerous videos ... finally found one that gets straight to the point ... thanks appreciated

[@ugsoldun7871]

best vid we found so far, helped to enable me fit two lights

[@nosycatUK]

Finally, I found what I've been looking for . Brilliant content. Thank you. Subscribed. Keep them coming

[@wobblydangly]

Probably the clearest DIY explainer video I've seen- and I've seen a lot! Thanks

[@naeemsafdar1983]

All I can say thank you so much for this video. Finally someone who took time to explain everything and the old wiring. Really appreciate it

[@MrNickLudlow]

Thanks so much, I've watched multiple videos on ceiling roses and loops and got nowhere. This made it make actually make sense!

[@alfredosolari7597]

The clearest explanation I have found.Really useful. Many thanks.

[@saxonanglo3956]

Very helpful particularly when the professional electrician who put in the lights in the first place was putting two wires in one aperture when they didn’t have to. Gave me confidence to do the job properly.

[@mumzacheeky]

super clear instructions, helped me with an old ceiling rose. Was getting worrying, but thanks to your video, am all done. thankyou heaps :)

[@user-kd8rg7yy5i]

Fantastic video, really clear and easy to follow. Now I have the confidence to carry this task out, thanks to you.

[@lawrencerubanka7087]

Great job! Very clear and well illustrated. Thanks for your great content!

[@tommarello01]

Straightforward and most informative. Thank you!

[@jonathanthew9440]

Excellent demo...so clear...well done just what we required

[@sunkat76]

Thank you very much. Just need to replace a light fitting in the hall. Very clear and helpful.

[@geolbaker]

Fantasic video, so clear with your explaination and meant I was able to complete the update while learning myself!

[@jimsmith3190]

Brilliant clear to understand and easy to follow. Thanks

[@amac4841]

very good video with clear instructions. I'm currently sitting in the dark as am having my first experience with a old ceiling rose. have four cables to deal with! Thanks for the video

[@ElectricEssenceLtd]

Great video with a simple explanation

[@harpandking2765]

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge

[@itaintrocketscience]

I'm an American electrician and SUPER happy I don't have to deal with this monstrosity. This is some real Rube-Goldberg action

[@stephenfraser8742]

this is the clearest explanation I have found-well done sir.

[@mohammedsharif9416]

Excellent service many thanks

[@kaykendall3659]

Thank you so much, this was the simplest and easiest to follow of the many I looked at

[@jamesmacintyre]

Really helpful this makes complete sense thank you.

[@bluetideuk]

Now I better understand all the wires in the rose. Had to buy a new pendant due to an accident whist playing on the VR headset. I put my had through the glass shade and ripped the bulb out of the bayonet fitting damaging it. Got a complete fitting for just over £1 at Screwfix with the intention of just replacing the pendant. But your video gave me the confidence to completely replace it as the old one was quite old. The only issue I had was the wires didn't have much length to them and the 3 earth's instead of being individually sleeved were all in the same sleeve so took a bit of time to get them just right. Thank you

[@tonyboylan3615]

very clear very helpful

[@bryancooper2479]

Thank you very well explained

[@colhen111]

Thank you so much, I had know red sleeve but because of this video I now have lights I was totally panicking thank you

[@johngraham3035]

Thank you help me out big time

[@TheMisterB2u]

Nicely presented,clear and concise and informative-exactly what You Tubers like !

[@boykodjouranov6869]

Good explanation

[@Lucky-fj5qw]

This video is perfect thank you very much you are a Legend cheers mate.. 👍🏻

[@overbyte]

great video - really helped my first ceiling rose installation.

[@overbyte]

and also helped me work out how to fix the previous owner's bodged installation of another light. It was very useful to go through and understand what each wire did. There wasn't an easy way of working out which was the switching cable though - it would be good to know what to look out for.

[@alexbarlow9763]

Very clear and understandable. I have a ceiling rose, which clips into the ceiling base plate. The dependent wires have a bayonet fitting into the rose. The base plate wiring has brown and earth wires separately into the two Line holes, two red to two of the middle three holes and one blue to one of the neutral three holes. Does this seem correct?

[@Monty16v]

In my time we used twin red for switch wires.

[@haramsbae1507]

You just saved me from getting a kick in from the wife 👍

[@JR-rm3kr]

If I was adding additional lights to this switch, would I take the twin cable to the line side? So when I operate the switch it switches the other light off? And then if I was taking a feed to another room then I would take it off the loop? Feed in, feed out & and all other lights on this switch off the line?

[@adeh503]

Is there any reason why the neutral is used for the switch rather than breaking the live, good video by the way 👍 new subscriber

[@argonaut6386]

Fantastic clear video thank you very much. I have wired up quite a few of the white roses in the past. A friend wants a fancy chrome finish rise and pendant set fitting. Do all roses have enough terminals to enable the first scenario with the looped connections? It's just often in the descriptions I can't see it mentioned what terminals are provided. I don't want to buy one and find it only has enough terminals for the second scenario. Any help would be greatly received. Thank you

[@Farweasel]

Buying the chrome unit from a specifically electrical retailer might well mean they know the answer & can tell you. Otherwise they should have sufficient blocks - But with the stuff coming in from abroad its not guaranteed. If there is sufficient space inside the chrome 'crown' plastic coated conectors may be your solution? Being metal the crown should have continuity to the earth wiring.

[@pearlhomerecords8986]

This is really good and the clearest explanation I've seen. Though can you tell me how do I know which is the switch wire compared to the live wires?

[@michaeloneill3253]

Switch wire is usually a single brown lad

[@MrChadwicj]

Thank you for this excellent video. I have a question. All the wires in the ceiling Rose are bare with the light switch being turned off. When turning on the power at the consumer unit the only wire that is live is a neutral wire. Is this because this neutral is connected to the consumer unit. Note: My house is wired with single wire cables coloured red and black (not twin and earth). The live supply (loop) goes to the light switch. A switched live then goes to the ceiling rose. This ceiling rose feeds another red and black cable to another light in the same room. There is a further 2 neutral wires in the ceiling rose, one of which is live as mentioned above. Thank you.

[@joanneferndale101]

Thank you ...er...why have I an. earth wire in my line block? ... and why does light work ? An how come I've got 6!!! wires coming into my ceiling rose? and ...

[@babugohil3366]

very clear instructions

[@rodgerq]

Subscribed due to the cool name 😎

[@martinbanda-im6og]

Interconnection from bulb to the pull switch

[@zipeppe1]

thank you , you just saved me £50 😁😁

[@nadalatif9241]

Hi please can you help i have a dimmer light fixture. Is this differnet to a normal light fixture? Please can you show how to attach a dimmer light thank you 😊

[@findjonmoses]

What do you do if a new light fitting doesn’t have space for a switch live, only live, neutral and earth?

[@user-nx2qi1co1q]

What if the upstairs loop flickers all the lights and my live switch isn’t marked.

[@carolkyle7953]

I have a new light fitting which is quite easy but the wires coming from the ceiling are confusing me. Three wires two with brown, blue and earth and the other has two brown and one earth. Im totally stumped im sure one of the blue cables should have a brown sleeve but none of them have, so i keep wiring it wrong. when electric turned back on the light does work but not by the pull cord switch it stays on !!!!! Can anyone help please?

[@kdskds68]

What to do if I don’t havee two brown wires in L

[@quickwire80]

Hello Artoo! Are you still making videos, I'd really like to chat to you?

[@marzanmiah6684]

I was stuck for 2 days before watching this

[@kennixox262]

Why no ceiling electrical boxes? Seems odd.

[@juliemullan369]

Well for a complete newbie, this is as clear as mud. I think i'll just get an electrician in so i dont kill people or blow the house up.

[@amyjojinkerson6745]

I think it's really called lights

[@Screwdriver316]

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[@badatallgames1046]

When you go to install new fittings and the new fitting doesn't have the same wiring components inside! 🤦‍♂️ UK bought as well! Lousy design of fittings.

[@mspduk]

I purchased my new light fitting from Argos, all ready to change and like you mentioned, it’s all bloody different. Luckily for videos like these that help a ton

[@NAFO_Badger_Brigade]

Always photograph the old wiring before uninstalling an old light fitting

[@scorpionnetherrealm8937]

How about telling us what length screws are used in case a total piece of shit sparky leaves the job unfinshed and you aint got anymore wod to pay another jerk so you gotta do it yourself any pointers people?

[@lucablight4069]

if you can't get past the "turning the RCD off" part, i would stop watching right now and get a sparky lol

[@HasanKhan-lv4dc]

Tnx...I want to learn from u more...

[@RFSA180]

But Ignorance is Strength mate 😉

[@user-nx2qi1co1q]

What if the upstairs loop flickers all the lights and my live switch isn’t marked.