How to fit a ceiling light UK- Ultimate Handyman DIY tips 

Looked at my new ceiling light just delivered, then looked at this very informative video, then phoned the local electrician...

Ultimate handyman! I have said this before! You are Top Man, I have just this afternoon replaced a light fitting in my grandson's bedroom following your precise instructions on the video using the Wago lighting clips, not used them before! I was so pleased with how easy they were to use!. Thanks a lot. Ken May.

11 years on, this video is still as valuable as it was the day it was posted. Thank you 🙏 🥇

Just used these to fit new light's worked great!watched your video first, great help!!! Half hour,old light down,new one up !! AND WORKING! cheers

Matthew Bester Yes, as long at the light fitting is suitable for use in a bathroom.

Hello, I'd just like to say how helpful I find your videos. I'm currently studying Level 1 Electrical at college and sometimes get a bit confused with certain bits. Thankfully your videos are very detailed and well explained. Keep up the good work!

Great vid, thanks. Watched it 3 times, then felt confident to fit new spots, job done. cheers.

Thank you so very much, some of the videos on here are unecessarily complex, yours simplified it and my lights worked first time!

this is a first class guide detailed and specific but very simple to follow saved me loads of time and money very grateful thank you keep up the good work

@ultimatehandyman Went to B& Q yesturday and talked to electrician there, he was very helpfull, told me what i had to do. Iam now glad to say i have fitted both my lights and they are working fine! ;) The main thing is that they are safe! Thanks for pointing out you're site!

I want to share a story. A little old lady neighbour friend of mine has a light fitting, which she adores. Unfortunately the connector bit to the light bulb, broke. This was fixed. I had to repair this. Anyway, an electrician friend of mine took the fitting down for me to repair, putting up a temporary ceiling rose and pendant. It was very difficult getting him back. I was unsure how to fit the old fitting back. Until I found your video. You have helped me and the old lady so much. She is happy that it is now working in time for Christmas! Thanks so much for a clear, succinct video.

this is the clearest and best video . i could complete all my lighting in house . thank you

brilliant vid mate im just about to start my electrician training and being taught like youve have just taught is top class thanks

This guys is one of my best go too to do petty jobs around the house as his explanation is detailed. Thank you ultimate handyman.

found this very handy thanks for taking the time to upload and share :)

Thanks all now sorted, keep vids coming as they are the clearest by far, cheers

Ohh right I see where you coming from mate. I have just finished Training as an Electrician so I'm still picking bits up sorta thing & these Videos are Fantastic! Keep up the good Work & make sure you Post loads of Electrical Videos. :)

i cant put in words my relief at findin put make vids like this. i,m a single mum but can manage most household probs , this vid i thought was a life saver, bt gt the old lite off loaded you tube t refresh my memory n found i have an extra set of wires 3 red 3 black n 3 earth, n no my switch wire aint marked. wt a downer after arf 6 surprisingly 1 lamp wont lite a whole flat thanx tho mr u cheered me up twice x

To everyone who told me it was "really easy" to replace my own ceiling light: you lied.

This video is fantastic and i followed it as I did exact same job plus I now fully understand light and switch wiring and modern connectors available. Can't thank you enough !

Nice one - I had three cables with six wires coming in to the old rose and couldn't work out why one of the negative wires (minus red sleeving !) was connected to the live out section. It was only when I watched your video that I got the concept of "live switch" and it all fell into place. After three months in hospital with severe electrical burns I'm now almost completely back to normal. Cheers !

Interesting stuff! American electrical is so much different, so this is quite neat to see. Thanks for the video!

Thx so much.....this is actually the first RU-vid I've watched that's replied with something that works 😊 keep it up 👆 yer a star 🌟 merry Christmas 🎄 thx again pal

Very useful indeed, thanks for posting.

Superb video! Those Wago connectors will make things a lot easier.

I can't stop saying it but you are brilliant!!!

Thanks v. much UH, the Mrs and I sorted our new kitchen light out a treat with your handy video! used a new test meter (20 quid from screwfix) to find the switched live and wired it up to your spec, lecy back on, tested good and did not get electrocuted! thanks for your top tip vids, best wishes the Chahal's of Leamington...

you are without doubt the undisputed daddy! any chance of showing us how to drill and wire recess lights in a ceiling from start to finish

Many thanx, I was struggling to wire my new ceiling light. I watched this video and got it working 1st time. many thanx

Excellent video mate, keep them coming.

Great video Thanks, got me out of a hole this Sunday afternoon!!Thanks to your video realised only Live wire that connects to the 3 way block in my new spotlights is from the light switch, and simply join the other 2 together to maintain the circuit (removed the ceiling rose before checking how to wire up - wont do that again in a hurry)

Nice video and easy to follow. Just wanting to ask how you would know where if you are fixing your light to something solid

Last one I did I spent an hour shimmying in the bracket behind the existing backplate creating all sorts of problems for myself trying to wire the fitting. Stuff that! Wago all the way henceforth. Top job! Great video

You sound like your from Blackburn? Your vids are a godsend and those wago connectors are fab!!! Top banana Mr. Handyman ;)

Handy, didnt even know those wire connectors existed! Will definitely use your video as guidance as i just acidentially broke our celing rose trying to replace the light fitting. I now have a ceiling rose hanging from the ceiling, best go and buy a new light fitting lol all the very best and keep up the videos you are definitely good at this shit lol

Hi No probs ur doing a good job keep it up many thanks wayne bolton

0:30 - you've grown! Seriously, thanks for the video though - helped a lot!

@ultimatehandyman yea it says on the wire connect green and yellow wire to plug or supply terminal marker, thank you for replying and yes im in the uk

Hi always great vids have helped a lot especially the plumbing ones. I have now to fit a modern light fitting but have 3 wires from ceiling each with red, black and green, but all are seperated and the switch cable isn't identified, how do I identify it? Has no identifying sleeve.

Thanks dude, very thorough!

Great video mate. No beating around the Bush. Easy to follow. I just listened to some Welsh lad who wanted to put me through a whole fucking class just to fit a ceiling light. Couldn't stomach it today so I found your video which is far better! Some people just want to get on with the job and leave all the bollox out.🤪🤯

I watched this 2 times and thought you made it look really easy then looked at my light and melted. The confidence to put my light up lasted all of 2 seconds

These videos are meant for the "DIY'er" I don't know many people that actually own never mind know how to use a Multi-tester. Providing the viewers follow these instructions as communicated and fully understand the importance of circuit isolation there shouldn't be any problems. He would never recommend an incompetent person undertake such work. However the fact remains that the likes of B&Q are selling these lights to DIY'ers and as such this guy is showing you how to do it safely. Thanks!

Never knew about these Wago connectors before, very useful - thanks.

@ultimatehandyman yea i did, iv put it up :) i just cut the odd bit of wire off and it seems to be ok, thank you :)

Nice one, very helpful.

If you have 3 looping wires would it still be possible to use Wago connectors with an earthed light fitting as shown in the video? If so which type of Wagos' would you use? Great video by the way!

Show off lol wi ya fancy gadgets 🤣 great videos thank you for sharing. How about some links for where we can buy the gadgets!!!👍

Thanks for this it really helped !!!!

thank you so much so helpfull ,, important is the video quality honestly stunning,,,,,,,,,,,,, cheers, bless yoiu

Thanks for the great video. i had a similar issue with the extra 2 red wires and thanks for saying exactly which part is needed to terminate the connections. i was a bit stuck

Hi excellent video collections. I have a couple of lspitlights light in my bedroom that I don't like. I was wondering if you could post a video showing a complete wiring of a ceiling light. Thank you.

nice video. going to watch this video slowly, to understand. Never fitted lights before myself.

Very clear, thanks for posting

@matt876mma a beam detector,i used one to miss the beams when installing downlights

Can you use a double white instead of the gray single if you dont have the single Great Videos by the way

Cheers fella! Going to do this tomorrow.

Like your advice, I need to drop a feed or 2 from the loft for pending tv, thinking of a t piece in the main ring then run 2.5mm twin and earth to a socket?

Can you use crimped plier set Gochange sleeves on WAGO electric connectors please

Thanks mate, very good and informative

Another fantastic video thanks

Nice tutorial bro !

@ Billy Ashford It sounds like you have the switched live mixed up, this should help- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0MLshqOmltU.html

Amazing video. THANK YOU! made everything soooo much clearer! just one question .... do i need to put the Wago connectors into a Wago juntion box? There is enough space for the connectors in the cradle of my light fitting - but i'm not going to be able to fit a junction box in there .....

@ultimatehandyman Thanks for the reply, i looked on you're website last night, some great Videos there! ;) From the videos/help from B&Q staff, i think i have worked it out and will fit them tmr. Will inform you of how i get on later. ;)

I got lost when you brought the boxes out 😣

Hi mate just want to ask about identifying the switch live. Basically the old live we all know was red and the switch had to be marked with red. I recently came across some old wired switches still in good condition but not marked. Now the live is brown and should I mark the black wire with brown tape or still get away with red? Likewise there are some two way switches with old colours not marked, whats safer?

Hi mate, I was trying to do a one way switch to work two lights. One was which had the loop which was the second light in the chain and the first only had e,n,l it confused me as what I was supposed to do as I can do it when they both have the loop but this really bothered me. Can you do a video or explain how I'm supposed to do this. I can give you more info if this doesn't make sense.

Thank you so much for introducing me to Wago connectors. So much more convenient and compact than the old terminal blocks. I got 10 each of 2 way and 3 way on ebay for £6.18 total. Then I replaced a rose just like this one with a combined fan and light. I note that this is a relatively old video. I take it that if you were doing the same today you'd consider using LED spotlamps?

Those Wago connectors make things look easy. What always bugs me though is that these light fittings always come with three-terminal block connector strips, which are useless when replacing a rose because they don't have a terminal for the loop-through. Would only cost pennies for them to use four-terminal strips, instead you've got to provide an extra single or replace the whole block. Good video. After seeing all the US ones it's nice to see some earth sleeving! :)

He really is the Ultimate handyman

Is it fine to not have anything going into the loop section? I have two black neutrals, a red live and a green/yellow earth cable.

Always good work off you mate

thanks mate very interesting and useful videos

We've put up a new kitchen light thanks to your great video. I have a question though if you don't mind me asking. Our light fitting isn't sitting properly flush to the ceiling and being as it's in the kitchen I'm worried about having steam etc getting into the light wiring via the gap that's between the ceiling and the light fitting. The light fitting has been put up correctly but we have a gap. Just wondering if I can fill that gap with something to keep it steam proof maybe some mastic or something similar? Would this be safe to do? Many thanks.

Hi your right only lighting circuit. Except for the electric shower cable which I will removed sooner or later so could I utilise this able for socket feeds to the bedroom ? I'll take the light feed from the rose on the landing. Thanks again Wayne

Great video! I'm actually thinking of extending an existing one light (switched) into three, would you have any recommended videos for that? Thank you

Great video. Question. At point 4.59, both earth wires had been previously put together in one sleeve, which you later placed into one clip. Are both earth wires from the same (one) wire or two separate wires (I.e one with live, the other with neutral)? Thanks

I have a few questions. My old wiring is similar to yours in that there are 2 red wires connected to loop in. However, I have a yellow wire connected to Flex live. Am I correct in assuming that that is the switch live wire? Also connected to flex neutral I have a black and a blue - so these are both neutral? So, presumably I would use a 2 way connector for these like you did with your earth wires? The thing that's the most confusing is that my new chandelier has 3 silver wires coming out of the cable. How can I find out which is which when they are all silver?! Your video is great and I feel like I could tackle this, if I could figure out those silver wires.

What's the best way of identifying the ceiling beam to screw the bracket into ? So far it's always been hit and miss with myself when i tried to install a ceiling fan. Thanks.

Would I be right in saying that for the loop wires i would use a 3 way wago connecter,for the live use a 2 way wago connecter and for the neutral use another 3 way wago connecter, as i have three wires coming in which is for the switch the power in and the power out

I am about to do the same and I have 3 red live wires as driezas does. So just to confirm.. I would have a terminal block with the 3 live wires together? Then on my light fitting block I'd have the switched live and live to the light in the L connection and the remaining neutrals would be fed into the N connection? And lastly the earth cables can all be connected to each other in a terminal block - is that correct?

Thanks very much, sorted.

Thanks for the video, do I really need to connect the two red loop wires in a wago - is it unsafe to just let these hang around in the lamp fitting?

My light fixture on ceiling rose is near as damn it the same as in this video...but there are no sleeves on switch live...theres four red wires how can I find out which it is????...many thx your video is very informative

Cheers @ultimateHandyman sussed it now 👌👌

I want one of them test meters what is its name and Thank you for a great demonstration

That was a help - Thanks.

@ultimatehandyman um I will tell you what colours I have its a 2 switch thing, blac and red, black and red, brown and blue, do you know hot to connect that but I don't have a electricitymeter thingy so I don't know which one is the swich

Is it okay just to turn off the main electric switch rather than the individual light switches in the box?

Hi there, can I still follow this if I want to fit a wooden vintage ceiling light that only has a brown and blue wire coming out of it, no Neutral. What will I do with the neutrals already in the ceiling please? Thanks

I've got the same wires here from the rose but two neutrals that were separate. Can I put them together? Thanks

Hi, I was just wondering as to whether or not it is safe to fit a Light fitting in a downstairs toilet room? There is only a toilet and basin in there, and it is not going to be exposed to any steam or wetness.. It is a flush one. Many thanks

@ultimatehandyman can i have a the one for the 9 wires a photo of how it is supposed to be connected would be very helpful

Good tip on those connectors. I normally hate fiddling with lights like this.

I need help please, I can see in this video that you have 2 cables with 6 wires (2L, 2N, 2E). What do I do if I've got 4 cables with 12 wires (4L, 4N, 4E). I have identified which cable is my switched live. Thanks.

my lighting doesnt have eath wires. will it still work after connecting the live and neutral wires?

Hi are you there now for some help please we have old wiring to new fitting and new fitting only has 3 hole block conecter

“Ive now isolated the electric...and grown 2ft taller” 😂👍🏻

I've got a new chandiler would that be the same kinda layout.. UK based