How to repair a chandelier ?

Step 1 - Check

bulb The first thing to do before the repair - see the integrity of a tungsten filament (incandescent lamp if installed).To do this, simply unscrew the bulb from the socket and check the light, if there is a visible break, as shown in the photo below.If the thread is intact, it does not mean that the light is working.In this case, you should also check the lamp tester (multimeter) for an open circuit.All you need to do - one tentacle lock on the thread of the cap, and the second at the end of the light source.If the dial tester arrow dergnulas - bulb intact and have to switch to a more serious repair chandeliers with their own hands.The arrow did not move - the bulb is broken, and it will have to be replaced by a new one.

If you do not work LED chandelier, here check the LEDs is reduced to the fact that you need to ring their tester, maybe one in a series circuit is blown, causing the entire lamp is not lit, you came to repair their own hands.
whole bulbs, chandelier but does not burn when you turn?Moving on, asreasons and, accordingly, the methods of repair can still be many!

Step 2 - Parse

light switch If the ceiling light stopped working and at the same time working light bulb, check the light switch becausesometimes it burn contacts, whereby the current is not supplied to the lamp cartridges.Disassemble the light switch is quite simple, about what we were told in the corresponding article.Then you need to visually see the wires on the input and output of the housing and the contacts themselves in the form of a hemisphere.If you want to repair only need to clean the contacts to metallic colors and collect the body, and then perform a check.

By the way, if you have a room with a chandelier and a few groups of lighting bulbs stopped illuminating half, the problem may be that in dvuhklavishnom or three-key switch, which scorched contacts.Be sure to read useful in this case, the article - how to repair a light switch.

addition to visual inspection to check the suitability of the body to stress and whether it goes further along the chain to the chandelier.If voltage is present, then switch defective and need more complicated repairs, which we'll talk further.Voltage can check the usual indicator screwdriver - in contact with the tip terminal should light up the LED in the handle.

Step 3 - Check the wiring

Going further and slowly cutting off all possible causes of the fault, check whether the voltage directly to the chandelier fits, which does not burn.Here you already have to remove the lamp from the ceiling and open access to derived from the junction box wires.Again, the usual indicator check if there is voltage, as shown in the photo.

If the old wiring may have broke aluminum wire, resulting in breakage of the contact occurred.Repair the wiring harness with your hands in two ways - increase the lead for connection to the body of the lamp or replace the wiring in the house to a new, more modern.Recommended still think about the last option to avoid any similar problems in the future.

If the voltage of the junction box is suitable, but the fixture is not illuminated when the switch is turned on, then determine the cause of it.Then we'll show you how to repair the lamp with your hands at home.

Step 4 - We repair the main "culprit»

Here we come to the final part, which describes how to repair a chandelier that is not working.It's all quite simple.If an ordinary lamp (not LED), you need to disassemble the cabinet and check all wiring connections, as well as the condition of the insulation.It may have a short circuit, whereby one of the wires otgorel.
You should check the cartridges, which are screwed into the bulb.Very often fail chain data elements, and as a consequence - not lit lamps, or one half of all.In this case, especially if the products are Chinese, you can replace the cartridge with a new one that clearly is not difficult, even a novice electrician!

After such a thorough analysis and repair are likely chandelier would work.However, this instruction is only suitable for those conditions, when the lamp is the most common.And what to do if a chandelier with remote control, LED or halogen lamps?In this case, the repair more difficult, as we briefly discuss below!

to you visually see how to repair the chandelier, which does not burn, we presented several video examples repair the most popular faults:

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What else can be?

So now we consider the more rare causes of breakdowns and tell you how to repair a chandelier in the house with his own hands, which is not lit, the glow shines bad either in only one mode.

1. If you have a lamp that is controlled from the panel, installed halogen or LED bulbs, in case you will find the control unit and electronic transformers, which can also be damaged as a result may occur a situation where the light bulbs do not respond to the remoteand do not light up.In this case, the tester need to ring all circuit elements and replace the burned transformer with a new one with the same parameters as needed.Learn how to repair this kind of damage you can in the video provided in the gallery above.
2. When repairing crystal chandelier, which does not shine, first remove all the decorative details, so they did not break during disassembly or installation of the chandelier.
3. If the light illuminates not the first time, most likely a problem in the switch, which must either be replaced or repaired by the technology, which we have described above.
4. noticed that LED bulbs began to flash after replacing the light bulbs?It's not that the fixture does not work, and that the diode lamp may not work with dimmer, if they are not special purpose (dimmable).Just try to screw the old light bulb and check that the lights are on.If so, the case in light-emitting diodes.Immediately we recommend that you read the relevant article - why blinking LED lamps.
5. If the light is only one slot or one position, but a switch, the point cartridges and as the compound.This is what we wrote above.
6. Sometimes failure reason may be in poor twisting wires (opening with a lamp, as shown in the photo below).As a result - twisted veins are weakened and lights in the room did not turn on or does not work.If you have already decided to use this method of joining live, learn how to make a good twist wires by hand.
7. Identify broken diode You can only tester.A lot of time it will not take, especially if you already have some knowledge of electrics.
8. Sometimes the failure is due to the fact that you have chosen the wrong power light bulbs.If the chandelier is designed, for example, 3 light bulbs to 60 watts, and you hard-boiled 3 to 100 W, it is likely that the problem is caused by this inconsiderate action.
9. In the case of modern lighting fixtures can be installed fuses which break the circuit after a short circuit, thereby protecting the entire internal circuit burnout.In this case, the repair is to ensure that you need to find the fuse and replace it with the same (it is cheap).
10. If the chandelier was broken, so you hang it properly (securely fastened either chose not appropriate type of attachment).Dangling chandelier need to parse, check visually, and then re-hang and connect, only to have to take care of more secure attachment.

That's all that I wanted to tell you about the independent repair downlights.We hope that now you know what to do if a chandelier does not burn, and as it is possible to repair the damage at home!

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