wiring a europian light in us home
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rtdriver
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wiring a europian light in us home

by rtdriver » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:14 pm

my name is rtdriver i purchased a chandalier in the czec republic about 15 years ago and never mounted it now im trying to install in my new home the light has a brown a blue and a green and yellow wire attached to it in the ceiling i have a white a black and a copper wire hanging down i need help placing the right wires together? thanks for any help suggested

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Re: wiring a europian light in us home

by BLAKEY1963 » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:07 pm

[quote="rtdriver"]my name is rtdriver i purchased a chandalier in the czec republic about 15 years ago and never mounted it now im trying to install in my new home the light has a brown a blue and a green and yellow wire attached to it in the ceiling i have a white a black and a copper wire hanging down i need help placing the right wires together? thanks for any help suggested[/quote]

rtdriver
Get in your local electrcian , TO wire this 4 u.

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by sparx » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:08 pm

where are you? black & white implies USA, this is a UK only forum for safety reasons, In U.S. they use black as live so it would go so brown & white Neutral would go to blue, copper 'ground/earth' goes to green/yellow.
Check voltage of lamps fitted match supply voltage at your house also,

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