Can you convert a ceiling light?

Hi,

I have a ceiling lamp, a terminal block with three cables attached.

Now my question,

I would like to use this lamp as a wall lamp, i.e. with a mains plug and an on/off switch if that is possible.

Can you convert it without any problems?

or are there problems?

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Lothar1974
4 months ago

I suppose it’s about the basic possibility before you ask someone for help.

Basically, it doesn’t matter if the cable is laid in the wall or is freely laid so that it works.

Certainly, you should install the mentioned strain relief, provide a cover and maybe use a switch that interrupts both conductors because you can plug the plug in both directions.

Evtl. you also have to worry about the heat development that creates the bulb.

Akronym666
4 months ago

Yeah, you can. I wouldn’t do it if you were asking. If you still do it, please ensure that the PE is connected and equipped with a strain relief. I can only repeat: watch out! There are enough accidents every year, so take the time to interrupt the circuit with the FI and then measure the ladder again to freedom of tension!

electrician
4 months ago

– Of course.

But don’t make any sense with this lamp!

The housing has a straight output without kink protection for the flexible line with socket. And the frame would dangle down the case just before the wall.

RareDevil
4 months ago

That it would theoretically be possible has been mentioned several times… But I wonder what sense it should have to mount a pendant lamp/hanging lamp on the wall… The frame then hangs down on the wall in a strack manner and possibly resulting heat discolors the wall and, depending on the bulb, there may even be a fire hazard for wallpapers on the wall… The lamp itself is impossibly unsuitable to serve as a wall lamp…

electrician
4 months ago
Reply to  RareDevil

My speech. That’s why I once made a picture…

SuperKuhnibert4
4 months ago

This can be done if you have the necessary expertise, e.g. that with a flexible connecting line a strain relief must be present and the contact protection must be ensured at any time.

So… yes, the possibility exists, only can you do not implement it professionally because you lack the knowledge (unless you would ask).

Etain12
4 months ago

You can do it. Cable connectors, isolating tape and shrink hose over it. Or simply clamp a normal cable directly in the lamp

Callidus89
4 months ago

If you know what to do, it is possible without problems.