Is it normal to have a lot of messy hot glue on the back of a new ceiling light?

Hello everyone, I recently purchased a ceiling light from Ledvance, but upon unpacking it, I noticed that many spots on the back had been sloppily glued with hot glue. Furthermore, the packaging was already open, and there are some black stains on the back of the lamp. Another lamp (different model) from Ledvance that I…

Sparks in the ceiling light cable connection, now there's no power!? Is the cable in the wall broken? Or is it a switch?

Hello, I connected two ceiling lights to each other using lamp terminals (yes, from now on, only Wago terminals) and another cable to the terminal coming out of the junction box. A lot of stupid terminals , a generally poor design that also looked terrible, but I had light! Until I wanted to rearrange the…

Connect ceiling light (2 grey and 1 yellow-green cable)?

1.) I only know brown/blue cables. 2.) There is no other color underneath the gray covering. 3.) I tried connecting the lamp to the gray cables once because an employee in the lighting department at the hardware store said that it doesn't matter which way you connect them with gray cables. Unfortunately, that didn't work,…

How could I repair/save the lamp socket?

Hi everyone 🙂 I recently removed the ceiling light to put up wallpaper. When I wanted to put the lamp back on, I noticed that the screws that hold it to the socket were loose (the socket is made of plastic). Is there any way to save the version here? For example, would larger screws…

Which energy-saving LEDs/RGBs can you recommend?

Heyho Gutefragen Community, I'm currently wondering if there's a cheap way to add some light to my room. I like being on the computer and watching movies, so I'd like to have some color in my room. My eyes can't stand it in complete darkness anymore. Leaving the light on all the time, which uses…

Ceiling lamp won’t turn off?

Hello, I bought the following lamp: toom.de/p/led-deckenleuchte-mit-sterneneffekt-100-cm/9180903 Worked great for about a week. Now at about 5:20 on Monday it switched on automatically and now it won't turn off anymore. I tried pressing all the buttons on the remote, turned N and L out and back in, etc. Unfortunately, I'm running out of ideas. It…