- Connecting Lamp with 3 Bulbs to Ceiling with 4 Cables: Wiring Diagram for Dual Switch Setup

Welcome,

I would like to connect the lamp, but my knowledge of electrical issues is negligible, so I am asking you for help.

Going to the point: the lamp has 3 bulbs (I enclose a picture of the cube), and four cables come out from the ceiling (I attach a picture) - black, brown, gray, yellow-green.





I was looking for information about the connection and I already know that if everything is properly connected in the installation, the black and brown cables should be phase, yellow-green protective, and neutral gray (should probably be blue, but apparently there are also gray).

The switch has two buttons and if it is possible to connect so that one bulb is on one and the other two on the other, that's how I would like to connect. I do not know if the lamp is adapted for this (I have serious doubts about it).

After searching the internet, I am coming up with the idea that the yellow-green cable should be connected to the central "input" in the cube, because it is "connected" to the housing. So brown and black probably to the other two. But what about gray? Can you connect it together with the yellow-green? I will be grateful for your help.

Best wishes!

On the lamp strip you can see that each socket is led out.
For the independent switching a longer slat or an additional one (basically one additional clamp) is needed.

Here did you look?

canisone wrote:

if it is possible to connect so that one bulb is on one and the other two on the other, that's how I would like to connect.

You would have to separate from the terminal strip one of the bronze wires of the lamp and connect it with the black from the ceiling.

canisone wrote:

After searching the internet, I am coming up with the idea that the yellow-green cable should be connected to the central "input" in the cube, because it is "connected" to the housing

That's right.

canisone wrote:

But what about gray?

Gray connect with a blue lamp.

Connect brown with brown lamps and insulate black.

A colleague will check the correctness of his record.
There would be a frame for guessing again.
Moderator Krzysztof Reszka

mawerix123 wrote:

Gray connect with a blue lamp.

Connect brown with brown lamps and insulate black.

A colleague will check the correctness of his record.
There would be a frame for guessing again.
Moderator Krzysztof Reszka

I plugged in as you wrote, unfortunately I did not have what to insulate the black wire at the moment, so to test the action I just bounced it as far as possible from all the metal elements, and the lamp shone. So it comes out that if I connect everything again the same and insulate a black cable, it should be ok. Thank you

canisone wrote:

The switch has two buttons and if it is possible to connect so that one bulb is on one and the other two on the other, that's how I would like to connect.

Is this how it works now?

canisone wrote:

Unfortunately, I did not have what to insulate the black wire at the moment, so to test the action I just bounced it as far as possible from all the metal elements, and the lamp shone.

Additionally, for safety, you can disconnect one wire from the switch after determining which one corresponds with the black on the lamp.

Krzysztof Reszka wrote:

There would be a frame for guessing again.
Moderator Krzysztof Reszka

And again wrongly

mawerix123 wrote:

and connect it with the black from the ceiling.

mawerix123 wrote:

and insulate the black one.

I wrote to read.
And whether gray is N or L, we can only guess. We can not always say that if the lamp is lit it means that it is well connected. I missed that.

Krzysztof Reszka wrote:

mawerix123 wrote:
and connect it with the black from the ceiling.

mawerix123 wrote:
and insulate the black one.

I wrote to read.

This is what exactly these tips are when they should insulate black and when to connect and do not pull out words from the context to hitch like a velcro, it's already distasteful and embarrassing.
I will not continue this meaningless discussion because it is a pity for me to multiply my posts.

Currently, it works so that all the bulbs shine simultaneously. I did not want to combine with splitting the cables by the lamp, because I do not know it completely and I did not want to mess it up. According to the tester, gray is neutral.

canisone wrote:

According to the tester, gray is neutral.

And that had to be checked at the very beginning. The second case, the black wire, which is offended by a colleague Mawerix can not be insulated with insulation because it is energized when switching on the light. That's not how it's left. it would be best to disconnect this wire from voltage, but if the author can not do it, add the insulated cube and connect it to the cube.
The topic is closed by the author satisfied.