Practically in each house there is chandelier which brightly lights the room after approach of twilight. However very often the chandelier ceases works to work. If you know several main malfunctions of chandelier and ways of their elimination, then to return light to the house for you will be simple task.
- - flat-nose pliers;
- - nippers;
- - insulating tape;
- - plugs;
- - new bulbs;
- - device for check of bulbs.
1. Check operability of bulbs of chandelier. For this purpose switch off chandelier. Let's bulbs cool down, having waited for minutes fifteen. After that turn out not burning bulb, having enveloped it scarf or fabric. Fabric is necessary not to leave on bulb glass fat marks from hands. Because of them the bulb can burst at inclusion.
2. If in your chandelier transparent light bulbs are established, then look through them at any luminous source. Even the normal small lamp will approach. Between short moustaches in bulb there has to be thin thread if it on the place also connects all short moustaches - bulb working if is not present, then the bulb has fused and demands replacement. The operability of energy saving non-transparent light bulb can be checked only on the special device connected to network.
3. Check safety locks if those are available on your chandelier. Recently producers began to care for passive safety of people therefore in latest models of chandeliers with large number of bulbs began to install safety locks which allow to avoid short circuit.
4. Attentively read the application guide of your chandelier. In it the arrangement of the safety lock is specified. Check it if it has fused, then replace it with new. It is necessary to install only that type of safety locks which is recommended by manufacturer.
5. Set the chandelier switch to position "Off". Accurately turn off decorative cap at the ceiling. Pull out wiring. Usually old chandeliers joined by means of normal twist which was rolled up by insulating tape. Examine insulating tape: any darkening and carbonizations demonstrate that in this place of wire there was short circuit.
6. Disunite twist and solder the special plug to each wire. Such plugs can be bought in any household shop. One chandelier requires four plugs. Connect all plugs and check operability of chandelier.