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Just out of curiosity, who 'created' this for you? Where they an electrician? Did you pay for the light?
It was a custom light that was created for me. Bought on etsy. Designer pendant light. Takes G9 bulbs and fits on a ceiling rose. Has a coloured cable.
 
Have you got it working yet mate?
 
You need a two probe voltage tester, or a multimeter to test this and find out where the fault is.
Do you have a multimeter? If not, get yourself down to Maplin before it closes. There will be some going cheap..
 
This is why we need a picture - for all we know OP could have put a rubber bath plug on the end of the flex and a flowering garden bulb in the fitting :rolleyes:
 
This is why we need a picture - for all we know OP could have put a rubber bath plug on the end of the flex and a flowering garden bulb in the fitting :rolleyes:

Now that would be a pretty picture.
 
Too late for Maplin...
I'm sad about that...you could get all sorts of stuff there...
I'm still hoping someone will come along and bail them out - there's nowhere else like Maplin on the high street where you can buy the sort of stuff they sold.
 
I'm still hoping someone will come along and bail them out - there's nowhere else like Maplin on the high street where you can buy the sort of stuff they sold.
went in maplin's a couple of years ago. a 2.0AH alarm battery, usually about a tenner in wholesaler's... maplins price £39. 95. now that is taking the pi$$. no wonder they've gone bust.
 
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and Ryanair charge 2 and a half euros for a small tub of pringles, but when you're a little bit peckish and stuck in a metal tube at 30,000' what are you going to do?
 
and Ryanair charge 2 and a half euros for a small tub of pringles, but when you're a little bit peckish and stuck in a metal tube at 30,000' what are you going to do?
Answer: take your own, bought from Tesco before the flight, been there Mate, know where you are coming from.
 
Answer: take your own, bought from Tesco before the flight, been there Mate, know where you are coming from.
Personally I don't get the obsession with having to eat on a short haul flight (unless you have a medical condition of course) - worst case scenario you can eat at the airport, wait a couple of hours then eat at your destination airport. Maybe have a beer on the plane just because you can, but the point is your small can of beer costs 4 quid because they've got you by the short and curlies - it's not like you can nip out to the shop.

Same with Maplin - if you need a couple of resistors in a hurry, you need a fuse at 3pm on a Sunday, or a couple of metres of equipment wire, then you pay extra for the convenience. They might not be quite as bad as RS but Maplin's prices are pretty exorbitant; it is however reassuring to have them there if ever I need them.
 
My take on the flight eating/drinking thing is that when I fly, say, Ryanair, it's usually on my own, off-season from Edinburgh to Barcelona...with a return fare of £60 (£45 last time) I feel quite happy to buy a beverage or two...Can't get a return taxi to Glasgow for that from my house! (8 miles away)
 

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