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artificial lighting- this is an indispensable condition, without which no enterprise or domestic premises can fully function, especially in the dark.

In our article, we will try to tell you in detail how to independently assemble, install and connect almost any chandelier, whether it be simple with one lamp, or a complex design for several lamps with a fan or LED backlight.

And thanks to colorful illustrations and videos, even a person who does not have an electrical engineering education can repeat the installation of a chandelier. The main thing is not to forget about safety when working with electricity.

Step-by-step instructions for installing a chandelier with one lamp

Step 1: Marking.

Skip this paragraph if the chandelier will be installed instead of an existing one, with a similar mount. If the chandelier will be installed in a new place, or the old chandelier has a different type of mount, it is necessary to re-mark the new chandelier mount.

You need to find the center of the ceiling. To do this, measure the length of the walls, divide the result in half and lay the resulting size on the ceiling with a cord and a pencil. A small hole is drilled in the suspended ceiling for wires. In stretch ceilings made of PVC film, special limiting plastic rings are first glued, and then a hole for the wires is cut with a blade.

Step 2: Installing the ceiling beam.

In the case when the ceiling is made in the form of a complex design structure, in the form of a multi-level plasterboard structure, stretch PVC fabric or decorative hanging plates, which complicates the direct fastening of the chandelier to the surface, it is necessary to take care of the fastening system in advance. Otherwise, a wire break or even a part of the ceiling may be torn off.

If the chandelier is quite massive and its weight is more than 15 kilograms, then to support the chandelier on the ceiling, it is necessary to lay an additional beam behind the decorative ceiling in advance. It could be like wooden beam, and metal structure, the main thing is that it should be placed just at the installation site of the chandelier. You can also use a special metal chain if the distance from the main to decorative ceiling exceeds 1 metre.

Step 3: Installing the junction box.

From the installation site of the future chandelier, the wires are brought out and lowered to the wall, a junction box will be installed here. Also, wires from the mains supply and from the light switch are brought to this box.

Important note! According to safety regulations, the installation of the junction box is carried out no closer than at a distance of 15 centimeters from the ceiling. The wires from the box should come out with a margin of 10 centimeters.

To connect the lighting line, it is necessary to use a separate group of wires coming from the switchboard, it must be equipped with a residual current circuit breaker.

The wires in the box are connected according to the chandelier connection diagram. The connected wires are insulated with PVC tape and laid in a box so that they do not intersect with each other. The junction box is closed with a lid and screwed on. From above it will be possible to plaster and glue wallpaper.

Step 4: Install the mounting bracket.

Most simple modern chandeliers for one lamp are equipped with a bracket in the form of a bracket. It serves as a supporting fastener and allows you to install a chandelier in a short time. Also, thanks to the two mounting bolts, maintenance of the chandelier becomes much easier than in older designs with unreliable hooks.

Photo: mounting bracket and terminal connection of the chandelier

After marking the middle of the ceiling, the mounting bracket is applied near the wire outlet. With the help of a pencil, the place for drilling a hole is marked for the future fastening of the bracket to the ceiling. If the chandelier is already equipped with fasteners, then the drill is selected according to the diameter of the dowel. The hole for the dowel should not be located in the place where the wires pass.

Step 5: Connect the wires and fix the chandelier.

The wires coming out of the ceiling must be long enough so that when the chandelier is removed, there is access to the junction of them with the wires of the chandelier.

The wires are stripped of insulation and connected using a terminal block according to the diagram. If there is no terminal block included with the chandelier, then the wires are stripped to a distance of 2 centimeters and twisted in pairs, then the junction is soldered with a soldering iron. After that, everything is isolated with insulating tape.

If the chandelier is made of metal and has a screw on the body for connecting a protective earth, do not forget about it. The corresponding wire coming from the junction box is stripped, folded into a ring shape and screwed tightly with a screw.

After all the wires are connected and insulated, you can mount the chandelier. Make sure that the wires do not fall under the mounting bolts, attach the chandelier to the bracket on the ceiling, aligning the mounting holes and bracket screws - tighten the bolts.

How to connect a chandelier with two or three lamps

The procedure for installing a chandelier with two or three lights is not much different from installing a chandelier with one light, which is given above. The exception is the number of power wires. For a simple chandelier with one lamp, you need two power wires and a ground wire, if you are going to connect a chandelier with not one, but with two or three lamps, then you will need three power wires and one ground wire.

Video: How to connect the chandelier yourself

To connect such a chandelier, the wires from the lamp holders must be connected in accordance with the diagram. One wire is taken from each cartridge and connected together - this will be the middle point, it is connected to the neutral supply wire.

If there are two lamps, then each of the remaining wires from the cartridges is connected to the corresponding phase power wire. If the chandelier is designed for three lamps, then the remaining wire from the third cartridge is connected in parallel with the phase wire from the first or second cartridge. The wires are also connected by terminal blocks or by soldering and insulated with electrical tape.

It should also be noted that to turn on such a chandelier, you will need a two-gang switch and, accordingly, three-wire wiring laid to it. In this case, when one key is turned on, one lamp will light up, when the second key is turned on, two other lamps will light up, and when both keys of the switch are turned on, all three lamps will light up.

How to connect a chandelier with 5 lights

If it becomes necessary to connect a chandelier with four or five lamps, this will also not be difficult. The technology is the same as when connecting a chandelier with two or three lamps, the only exception is the number of lamps in groups of phase conductors. The number of groups and lamps in them depends on your imagination and is limited by the number of supply phase wires and groups of keys on the switch.

How to connect a light switch

To turn on simple chandeliers with one lamp, a single-gang switch is used, its installation is as simple as possible. When connecting a chandelier, in which the number of lamps is two or more, two and three-gang switches are used.

If the wiring has already been laid, and the number of groups of lamps in the chandelier corresponds to the number of keys on the switch, it is changed to a new one, following the connection diagram.

Wiring diagram for a two-gang switch

If the circuit breaker is installed on new wiring, attention must be paid to the structure of the circuit breaker. Two and three-gang switches have one common terminal, you need to connect the power supply to it. phase wire coming from the junction box. And each of the remaining terminals, in accordance with the location of the key and the desire to turn on a certain group of lamps, is connected to the wires going through the box to the chandelier lamps.

It should be noted that the switch must open exactly the phase wire of the power supply! This will protect you when you change a burned-out lamp with the switch off.

How to connect a chandelier

Chandelier with fan

There are models of chandeliers in which two devices are combined: a lighting chandelier and a fan. Such a constructive solution will be a good help in hot weather. summer days. Connecting such a chandelier is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance.

Before connecting, read the passport for the chandelier, the connection diagram and the color designation of the wires will be indicated there, the main thing is not to confuse anything.

Ceiling Fan Diagram

For more simple connection, the fan outputs can be figuratively represented as another lamp. You can switch the fan on according to your desire, either together with the lighting, or with a separate switch button.

In the case where the fan is turned on separately from the lighting, you will need a three-wire power line and a two-gang switch. The connection in this case will be identical to connecting a chandelier with two lamps, only there will be a fan instead of the second lamp.

If you plan to turn on the fan at the same time as turning on the lighting, then you need to connect the wires from the fan in parallel with the terminals of the lamp holder.

In some modern models chandeliers there is decorative lighting on multi-colored LED light-emitting diodes. Such chandeliers create a more interesting light, thereby emphasizing the interior of the room.

The connection of such a lamp is carried out strictly according to the scheme, which is given in the passport for this product. The LEDs are designed for low-voltage power, so a step-down LED driver is used in the chandelier kit. The power supply of such an LED driver is designed for a lighting network voltage of 220 volts.

When connecting such a chandelier, you can use the above instructions for connecting a chandelier with a fan, only here instead of the fan wires, the power wires of the LED driver are used.

The choice of lighting fixtures for the apartment must be taken responsibly. When purchasing a lamp, first of all, you need to figure out how to properly mount the chandelier to the ceiling and correctly connect it to the mains.

In order to cope with the task and do everything right, you need to prepare the tools so that nothing distracts the master during the installation of the chandelier on the ceiling:

• you need a ladder of sufficient height (you can get by with a table);
• hand electric drill or puncher;
• pliers and wire cutters or side cutters (from electric shock, the handles must be insulated);
• various screwdrivers (including those with an indicator function);
• spool of electrical tape;
• several mounting blocks (with a margin), for wire clamps;
• the necessary fasteners on which the chandelier will be installed on the ceiling.

chic chandeliers

Before fixing the ceiling chandelier, be sure to read the instructions for connecting it to the mains. Usually it is given detailed description all operations, so the master, who is a little versed in electricity, should not have any special difficulties.

Types and methods of fastening

When choosing your lamp, even in the store you need to pay attention to the mounting methods.

Modern ceiling lighting fixtures are available with several intended types of fixtures for a chandelier:

• a loop on the fittings of the lamp, which allows you to install it to ceiling hook. This is one of the main types of ceiling chandelier mounting. In this case, the base should be as strong as possible, for example, concrete floors.

Hook mounting scheme

• fixing the ceiling chandelier to a bracket or a special mounting plate. With such fasteners, the load from the weight of the luminaire is divided into several different points. The bracket is attached to the ceiling with dowels with self-tapping screws screwed into them. In this case, the weight of the chandelier should not exceed 1.5-2.0 kg.

Scheme of mounting on the mounting plate

• a cross or a double perpendicular bar allows you to hang a lamp adjacent to the ceiling, for example, a chandelier-plafond. The cross bar is not much different from the bracket, except that the fastening is carried out at more points and the lighting fixture can have a large mass.

Mounting on a cross-shaped bar is used, as a rule, when installing square luminaires

• reliable I-beam platform for mounting a massive heavy chandelier. Allows fastening at multiple points.

The scheme of fastening a heavy chandelier to the platform

Mounting work on hanging the lamp usually does not cause great difficulties. As a rule, dowels with self-tapping screws are used to mount the chandelier on the ceiling. The diameter of the self-tapping screws must correspond to the size of the hole in the mounting plate, they must not be shorter than 4 cm and not longer than 6 cm in length.

Having considered the types and methods of fastening, you can decide how to install the chandelier on the ceiling correctly, without unnecessary and unpleasant consequences.

Ceiling hook mounting

Usually, the hook for fixing lighting fixtures is mounted even when construction work. In this case, before you hang the chandelier on the ceiling, you need to check it for strength.

mounting hook

To check, for a while, a load is suspended from the installed hook, corresponding to the weight or slightly heavier than the chandelier. If the fixed load has not shifted, you can safely hang the chandelier in place. If the mounting hook has shifted, and even more so, it has fallen out, then you can carry out the installation work yourself.

Chandelier Hook Weight Test

For this you need:

• make the desired hole with a perforator (if it did not already exist);
• a properly selected metal anchor or a folding spring dowel with a ring is inserted into it. It should fit snugly against the inner surface of the drilled hole;
• in wooden ceiling it is enough to screw in a strong self-tapping hook.

This is the simplest method, describing how to attach a chandelier to the ceiling.

Schematic fastening of the holding element

If the ceiling is finished with drywall or a stretch fabric is installed, fixing the chandelier to the hook can become more difficult.

Plasterboard sheets are quite durable, so a small lamp can be mounted directly on the material itself, but it is worth considering small nuances:

• the mass of the attached lighting fixture must not exceed 6 kg;
• you should pay attention to the fact that when replacing lamps, you can damage the sheets or accidentally touch a low-hanging lamp with your hand.

Therefore, when installing a ceiling made of plasterboard sheets, it is necessary to think over the lighting of the room in advance, and make a hole in the material under the mounted hook.

If this has not been done, then you can hang the chandelier on a spring dowel or a special butterfly installed in a drilled hole. The dowel will need to be tightened with a special nut, and the butterfly spacer should be tightened with a self-tapping screw until it clicks. All fasteners must be equipped with a hairpin or hook on which the chandelier is fixed.

One of the options for attaching a chandelier if the ceiling is made of plasterboard

When installing a stretch ceiling, you must first take care of how to fix the lamp. It must be remembered that a stretched canvas cannot serve as a fixed base for a chandelier. When mounting a stretch ceiling, workers, before cutting a hole for attaching a lamp, pre-glue a thermal ring. If this is not done, then it will be impossible to hang the chandelier to the ceiling, as the stretched canvas will tear. Connecting wires are output through the cut hole.

With this option, you first need to hang the chandelier on a hook, and then connect the electrical wires, after which the attachment point is covered with a decorative cap of the lamp.

Mounting scheme for stretch ceiling

Video instructions for mounting a chandelier on a hook

Mounting with mounting plate

Before attaching the chandelier to the ceiling using the mounting plate, it must be:

• try on the place where it is supposed to hang. At the same time, the decorative components of the lamp, covering the place of attachment and wires, must fit snugly against the ceiling;
• if this is the center of the room where the mounted hook is located, then it must be bent, but not cut off. Perhaps in the future, with the subsequent replacement of fixtures, it will still come in handy.

Trying on the bar for a future position

• markings are made for fastening the strap. To do this, the bar is applied to the ceiling and circled with a pencil so that the attached elements do not interfere with the connection to the mains. Mark the drilling locations. AT drilled holes plastic dowels are carefully driven in. The plastic should be ribbed, which will prevent it from loosening over time and starting to fall out of the nest;
• with screws or screws fixing bar attached to the ceiling.

We fix the bar and bend the hook (maybe it will still come in handy in the future)

• after mounting the connecting wires, the bowl or other decorative element is applied to the installed bar, aligning the connecting holes.

We connect the wires

• they twist the entire structure with decorative nuts, after which you can screw in the light bulbs and install shades or other components of the lamp.

Completion of work - finished chandelier in the interior

It is worth noting that hanging a chandelier from the ceiling alone can be difficult. One more hand is needed to connect the wires. Therefore, when connecting the lamp to the mains, one person holds the chandelier, the other deals with the wires.

In the case of installation of stretch ceilings, the base for fixing the strip must be installed in advance. It may be ordinary wooden block, of the required thickness, which, before mounting the canvas, is attached to the ceiling, and then a bar is mounted on it.

Bar under the stretch ceiling

It is necessary to consider how to properly install the lighting fixture on a plasterboard ceiling. It has already been noted that with a small weight of the chandelier, it can be fixed directly to the sheets. With a more massive version of the lamp, you need to take care of an additional substrate in the form of a bar or a metal profile in advance, on which the mounting plate will be attached.

You can hang the chandelier correctly on a crosspiece or I-beam platform in the same way as in the case of a mounting plate. It is worth considering that this option provides for heavy fixtures, so you need to take dowels and screws of greater length and diameter.

You can mount a chandelier on the ceiling with your own hands without any problems, most importantly, prepare necessary material and tool, study the attached connection instructions and have a helper at all times.

Video instructions for mounting a chandelier on a bar

Before starting work on connecting a chandelier, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with its device.

Designation of chandelier wires

Contacts for connecting to electrical wires on the chandelier are indicated by the following Latin letters:

• L- phase,
• N- neutral wire
• RE- ground conductor yellow-green colors.

They began to apply marking on chandeliers quite recently, and in chandeliers that were released a long time ago, there may not be any markings. In this case, you will have to figure it out yourself.

About connecting a ground wire in a chandelier

In modern chandeliers with metal fittings, a ground wire is installed yellow-green colors. The ground wire is indicated in Latin letters RE. If the electrical wiring in the apartment is made with a ground wire (it must be yellow-green, but can be of any color), then it must also be connected to the terminal to which it is connected yellow-green chandelier wire.

In houses old building residential wiring is usually made without a ground conductor. In old chandeliers or those with plastic fittings, there is also no grounding conductor. In such cases, the ground conductor is not connected; it will not affect the performance of the chandelier, since it performs only a protective function.

In the photographs, the wires coming out of the ceiling and chandeliers are depicted in white, and this is not accidental. There is no single international standard for color coding of wires in electrical network, and even more so in chandeliers. Yes, and in Russia, the color marking of electrical wires has changed since January 1, 2011. Only the ground wire PE is marked yellow-green in the specifications of all countries. color.

Attention! Before connecting the chandelier, to avoid damage electric shock, it is necessary to de-energize the wiring. To do this, turn off the corresponding circuit breaker in the switchboard and check the reliability of the disconnection using the phase indicator.

Chandelier connection diagrams

Despite all the variety of models, all chandeliers, including LED chandeliers with a remote control, are connected according to one of the schemes discussed below. To connect, it is enough to connect the wires coming out of the ceiling correctly to the terminals of the terminal installed on the chandelier body. The job is easy and anyone can do it home master even without experience in electrical engineering.

If 2 wires come out of the ceiling and chandelier

Connecting a single-horn chandelier, consisting of one light bulb, and a single-gang switch in electrical wiring is usually not difficult. It is enough to connect two wires coming out of the ceiling using any kind of terminal block with wires coming out of the base of the chandelier.

Although, according to the requirements of the PUE, the twisting of electrical wires is currently prohibited, but in a hopeless situation, given that the chandelier consumes low current, you can temporarily connect the chandelier by twisting, followed by insulation of the connection.

According to the requirements of the PUE, in order to increase operational safety, the phase wire in the electric cartridge must be connected to the central contact, and the switch must open the phase wire. It is advisable to follow this rule. But in practice, no one thinks about this, usually they connect the switch and the chandelier as they have to.

If 2 wires come out of the ceiling and multi-track chandelier

If the chandelier has several horns, but only two wires come out of it, then all the bulbs inside the chandelier are connected in parallel, and such a chandelier is connected according to the above diagram.

If 2 wires come out of the ceiling, 3 or more from the chandelier

Consider a more complex option for connecting a chandelier, the wires in it are connected to enable each light bulb to be turned on separately. For our case, all pairs of wires from cartridges, regardless of their number, must be connected in parallel. One of the options is to install an additional jumper from the wire (pictured Pink colour).

You can do without installing a jumper. It is enough to unscrew the screws at the first and third terminals, remove the wire coming from the left cartridge from the first terminal, and insert it into the third, along with the right wire coming from the right cartridge.

If 3 wires come out of the ceiling, and 2 wires come out of the chandelier

Usually three wires come out of the ceiling in case a two-gang switch is installed. First of all, you need to deal with the wires coming out of the ceiling - find a common wire. This is easy to do with a phase indicator.

To search for a common wire, you need to turn on both keys on the switch and sequentially touch each wire with an indicator probe. Depending on which wire opens the switch, phase or zero, two options for the indicator behavior are possible.

• When touching two wires, there is a glow, but not to the third. In this case, the wire on which there is no glow is common.
• When touching one of the wires, there is a glow, while the other two are not. Then the wire on which there is a glow is common.

Without a phase indicator, it is also easy to figure out the connection. You need to connect any two wires from the ceiling to the chandelier and turn on both switches. If the light turns on, it means that the connection has turned out with a common wire and one of those coming from the switch. You can leave everything like that. If there is a desire to understand the wires to the end, you need to connect by brute force so that when you turn on both keys on the switch, the light does not light up. Thus, it will turn out to find the wires coming from the switch.

It remains to clamp the common wire in the terminal and any other coming from the ceiling with a pair of chandelier wires. If necessary, connect the chandelier so that the light turns on with any of the two switch keys, then put a jumper (pink in the photo) or clamp the wires that are connected by a jumper in the photo in one terminal. The jumper can be installed not in the terminal block, but in the switch.

If 3 wires come out of the ceiling, several wires come out of the chandelier

If it is necessary that not all the bulbs of a multi-track chandelier turn on at the same time, but in groups, then the chandelier must be connected according to the above diagram. A prerequisite is the presence of a two-gang switch. You need to connect a two- or three-arm chandelier according to the method described above. It is determined from the three common wires coming out of the ceiling. One wire from the pairs coming from each chandelier cartridge is connected to it.

The remaining two wires are connected to the remaining free conductors from the pairs coming from the chandelier cartridges. It will be much easier to cope with connecting a multi-track chandelier if you familiarize yourself with its device.

Wiring diagram for 2-3 chandeliers
from a single switch

In a large area, or if a suspended ceiling is installed, for good lighting it is necessary to install several chandeliers or spotlights mounted in the ceiling, which must be turned on simultaneously with one single-gang switch.

Sometimes it is necessary to connect the switch in such a way that it can turn on the light at the same time in two, three or more rooms. In this case, chandeliers or lamps are connected in parallel, like several cartridges in one chandelier, according to the following scheme.

Each chandelier in the diagram is connected to the switch through a separate junction box, but all connections can be made in one junction box, it all depends on the wiring diagram in the room. If there are many horns in each chandelier, then they are connected in parallel, as for the connection case discussed above, when two wires come out of the ceiling, and three or more come out of the chandelier.

Wiring diagram for three chandeliers
from one three key switch

If in one or more rooms you need to turn on each chandelier separately from one three-gang switch, then you should connect the chandeliers according to the diagram below.

This option for connecting luminaires is often used when controlling luminaires installed in the bathroom, toilet and kitchen. One three-gang switch is installed in the corridor, and the corresponding chandelier is turned on before entering the room.

Chandelier connection
to the block of switches Viko (Viko) with a socket

Sometimes an additional outlet is required next to the switch. If necessary, it is advisable to change the installed switch to a block consisting of switches and a socket, for example Viko (Viko), shown in the photo. Switches for a chandelier in the block can be from one key to four. So there is an opportunity to choose the right one. In the photo - a two-gang block with LED backlight and one socket.

You need to connect the switch block with a socket to the chandelier according to the diagram below. As you can see, the circuit is not much different from connecting a chandelier to an ordinary switch, with the exception of an additional wire going from the neutral wire to the left outlet of the outlet.

In the diagram, the wire connection is shown in accordance with the requirements of the PUE; in real wiring, zero and phase can be connected vice versa. If, for example, there was a two-key switch, but you need a single-key switch with a socket, then you can not lay an additional wire, but use a free one by switching it in the junction box to zero or phase, depending on which wire comes to the switch.

Adding or extending wires
when connecting a chandelier

Now, during the renovation of the apartment, they began to install suspended ceilings. Stretch ones are especially popular. They have a great appearance, practically do not wear out, come in any color with a glossy and matte surface, and are not afraid of water. Stretch ceiling are installed at a distance of 5-10 cm below the existing ceiling plane, so the length of the conductors to connect the fixtures becomes insufficient. It is required to increase their length.

The complexity of the task lies in the fact that it will be impossible to get to the place where the wires are spliced ​​to connect a chandelier or other fixtures after installing the ceiling without dismantling it. This means that the connection must be made in the most reliable way. Connecting wires in hard-to-reach places using a terminal block is not a reliable type of connection. The screws in the terminal block may loosen over time and need to be tightened.

In the article of the site “Connecting wires broken in the wall”, in detail in the photographs, methods for connecting aluminum and copper wires to each other are considered, just suitable for the case of extending the wires for connecting a chandelier or other lamps. For a reliable connection when building aluminum wires with copper, I recommend reading the article "How to connect aluminum wires". To extend the wires to connect the chandelier to false ceiling one of the methods described in the article will do, on a thread or one-piece rivet.

Cross section of wire for connecting a chandelier

If six hundred-watt incandescent bulbs are installed in the chandelier, designed for a supply voltage of 220 V, then the current consumption will not exceed 3 A. This current can withstand a copper conductor with a cross section of 0.5 mm 2, and standard apartment wiring is usually made with wires with a cross section of at least 2.5 mm 2. So when connecting a chandelier with light bulbs for a voltage of 220 V, you don’t have to think about the cross section of the wire. When connecting a chandelier with LED lamps You don't have to worry about the cross section of the wire either.

When connecting a chandelier or fixtures with halogen bulbs for a voltage of 12 V, the current consumption becomes much larger, and the wire cross section in the wiring section from the step-down transformer or adapter to the chandelier lamps must be calculated using the online calculator below and checked for compliance.

The current consumption of which is ten times less than that of incandescent lamps.

Instruction

First of all, it is necessary to carefully insulate the hook on which the chandelier is supposed to be hung. Also check it for strength.
Read the instructions for lighting device, it always indicates the exact sequence of actions. If it is indicated that it is necessary to carry out grounding, then it must be connected without fail.

After the hook, chandelier are prepared, turn off the electricity throughout, for this you need to turn off the electricity automatically, which is located in the shield. Be sure to double-check if there is voltage in the network using an indicator screwdriver.

After everything is ready, find three wires on your ceiling, one of which is “zero”, and the other two are phase. Remove the tape from all three wires and spread them apart so that they cannot short out. It should be remembered that two phase wiring is output to the switch, and the "zero" wire remains in the mounting box.

If you do not know which wire is “zero” and which is phase, turn on the light in the apartment, but turn off the light in the room. In turn, join the bare wires with an indicator screwdriver and follow the indicators, if it stands still, then the wire is “zero”.

According to the new rules, the wiring wires differ in color, that is, if the wire has a black or brown marking - phase, if blue - "zero", if yellow or green, then this is grounding.

After that, it is necessary to determine the same indicators in the chandelier, in most cases they are also color-coded. If there is none, then it is very simple to determine the phases and "zero". To do this, you need to connect two wires, which are hidden in a decorative box, to the mains. At the time when you connect the wiring to the network, the third one should never be touched. If one half of the lamps lights up in this position, change the wiring, one of which, without pulling out, leave in the outlet. So change the wiring one by one until you understand which wire is zero. It should be mentioned that which wire always remains in the outlet and there is a "zero".

After everything is determined, you can install the chandelier (do not forget to turn off the light in the apartment again) by hanging it on a hook. Connect the wires in the following order: "zero" of the chandelier with "zero" on the ceiling and, accordingly, phase with phase.
It is important to know that it is impossible to connect wires of different metals, as they form an electron pair, which can spark during operation, thereby damaging the electrical appliance.

Before you finally fix the chandelier to the ceiling, check the work done. Turn on the electricity and chandelier. If everything works fine, then feel free to proceed with the final installation of the protective and decorative cap of the chandelier.