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Hi,

I have a single ceiling rose in my dining room but would like to add 2 more so I have 3 pendant lights hanging down over a dining room table.

Can this be done?

At present I have;
1 cable = 3 core T&E. ( RED/BLUE/YELLOW/EARTH )
1 cable = 2 core T&E ( RED/BLACK/EARTH )

The blue from the 3 core and the black from the 2 core are in same terminal.
The yellow from 3 core and red from 2 core are in same terminal.
The red from the 3 core is in a terminal on its own
The earth's from both are in a terminal.

If this makes sense could you advise on what cable i'd need and to which terminal the new cable would need to be joined to.

Thanks in advance
 
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Hi,

I have a single ceiling rose in my dining room but would like to add 2 more so I have 3 pendant lights hanging down over a dining room table.

Can this be done?

At present I have;
1 cable = 3 core T&E. ( RED/BLUE/YELLOW/EARTH )
1 cable = 2 core T&E ( RED/BLACK/EARTH )

The blue from the 3 core and the black from the 2 core are in same terminal.
The yellow from 3 core and red from 2 core are in same terminal.
The red from the 3 core is in a terminal on its own
The earth's from both are in a terminal.

If this makes sense could you advise on what cable i'd need and to which terminal the new cable would need to be joined to.

Thanks in advance
Where is the flex from the lamp holder connected
 
Thanks for the replies chaps.

Sorry I didn’t make myself very clear.

What I explained is the wires that are coming out of the ceiling with no light attached. The light has been removed for decorating purposes.

In this room I have a light switch with 3 switches that operates;

1 for the light I want to add to
1 for another ceiling light
1 for 2 x wallights.

Hope this makes it clearer?
 
Run you new cable from the light rose to your next light position and again to the 3rd. Connect the new t-e to (new blue to blue/black terminal on connector block and the new brown to red on its own) the rest should be straightforward.

Unless you want to switch each new pendant individually, in which case new cables would new to be wired to the switch from each new light rose.

Don’t forget to put the connectors back in a choc box
 
Run you new cable from the light rose to your next light position and again to the 3rd. Connect the new t-e to (new blue to blue/black terminal on connector block and the new brown to red on its own) the rest should be straightforward.

Unless you want to switch each new pendant individually, in which case new cables would new to be wired to the switch from each new light rose.

Don’t forget to put the connectors back in a choc box

That’s a great help. Thank you for your help..

I don’t need them to come on individually, all at the same time is fine..

Much appreciated.
 

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