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Wiring a light fixture?

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Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?

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It doesn't matter which one you use.
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Correct. The blue is the hot or line or mains voltage. The brown is neutral. In many cases it doesn't matter, this case included. However, in this case there is a tiny safety advantage in wiring the center tab hot and the outer ring neutral. LOL I just checked and I've got it backwards. Brown is hot to center tab and blue is neutral to outer ring or screw threads for the inkling of a safety advantage.
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chinesetakeaway wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:56 pm Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?

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Is that fitting from the 1920s?
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:56 pm
chinesetakeaway wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:56 pm Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?

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Is that fitting from the 1920s?
With a CE mark?
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:56 pm
chinesetakeaway wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:56 pm Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?
Is that fitting from the 1920s?
Could be, but modern-day stuff looks like that too. Cheap ceramic casting, good insulator.
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Marty wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:34 pm
timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:56 pm
chinesetakeaway wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:56 pm Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?
Is that fitting from the 1920s?
Could be, but modern-day stuff looks like that too. Cheap ceramic casting, good insulator.
It has a CE logo so it's obviously not very old: it just has that ancient look about it.
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Oh heck yeah. Primitive tech that hasn't really progressed since the 1920s. No real need to though.
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whatwat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:17 pm
timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:56 pm
chinesetakeaway wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:56 pm Looking at the photo which connector does the blue and brown wires go to?

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Is that fitting from the 1920s?
With a CE mark?
but which CE is it?
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How many CEO's does it take to wire a plug?
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