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1632187 No.1632187 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guys,

I purchased a chandelier, and I tried setting it up, but only 3 of the 8 bulbs seems to be working. The bulbs are fine, I checked them with another lamp. On the pic you can see how I tried connecting the wires together. One thing I don't understand: as you can see on the picture I will post right after this one, there is a black cable coming out of lower part of the lamp, but at the upper part it looks like the previous ownder didn't need to connect that. What could be the problem? Thanks!

>> No.1632188
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lower part

>> No.1632190
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the "closed" black wire

>> No.1632214

>>1632187
It's hard to say without being there with a multimeter in hand to figure out what is going on. I'd disconnect it from the house and trace it with the continuity function, see what wires go where, rearrange it so each bulbs hot and neutral are connected, then attach them appropriately to the house wiring. The black thing looks like half of a broken switch perhaps? I'd remove it and its wire since it is not needed.

>> No.1632216

>>1632214
Forgot to ask OP something: How old is your house and what country? That wiring looks very old, pre-WW2.

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>>1632216
thanks, I think it could be pre-WW2, and it's in Hungary. I'm not sure about the black wire tho, since it's connected to some stuff inside, as this pic shows...

>> No.1632236

>>1632187
> 3 of 8 are working
so the fault might no be the black wire. Follow the wires of the 3 working bulbs and check how they are wired compared to the 5 that aren't.

Can you post a full picture of the lower part

>> No.1632237

>>1632218
basically the brown at the top should be line, blue should be neutral

assume each lamp (bulb) needs a line and a neutral.

two wires from each lamp should be in the bottom part (one blue one black?) (one line one neutral)

so you should have 9 lines connected together and 9 neutral connected together.

if the brown wire at the top goes to only 3 wires and the black wire at the top goes to 5 wires and the blue wire goes to 8 wires then you need to connect the black wire to line to light up the 5 lamps.

if you want 5 instead of 3 swap brown and black at the top. if you want all 8 connect them together.

if its the blue at the top that only goes to 3 wires then connect black to blue or swap as required.

>> No.1632303

>>1632236
>>1632237
I rearranged the wires and now it's working, thanks. it's a bit embarassing that it was so easy to fix but I'm a bit afraid of repairing stuff connected to electricity...

>> No.1632378

>>1632303
good attitude to have best ask if you aren't sure. good to hear you got it working.