This saved so much time! - Installing Downlights using the Quickwire T-Connector
In todays video I try out the new Quickwire T-Connector to install downlights as a much faster alternative to using the fiddly junction box included with the downlight.
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Disclaimer:
This video contains demonstrations of electrical work. I am not an electrician and this video should not be treated as a tutorial and is intended for entertainment purposes only. This video also only applies to UK electrical installations, installations and regulations in other countries will be different. Do not undertake electrical work yourself unless you have the knowledge to do it safely and have carried out the appropriate safe isolation procedures.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:11 - Quickwire Products
04:30 - Product Tour & Use Cases
09:32 - Demonstration
14:59 - Removing the Old Downlights
16:11 - Expanding the Original Holes
18:05 - Connectors Fitted!
18:45 - Fitting Plugs onto the Lights
20:42 - Testing & Connection Resistance
23:43 - Lights Installed!
24:00 - Conclusion
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They really need to make a 3 core and earth version, so smart lights, fire alarms, bathroom fans can all be linked up with something like this.
I don't know how you manage it you make a 24 minute video about downlights interesting
Probably my favourite company in the electrical industry
Appreciate the little mention in there dude 👏🏼
No worries, I love your videos and it was your video that told me about this product so had to give you a mention!
@@camerongray1515 thank you mate 👏🏼
Thanks Cameron, just fixing a downlight in my porch which has a similar connector to the cheap Screwfix light which are really not fit for the purpose in terms of fitting a double twin and earth. I might give these ago next time I install some downlighters.
Great video. Thank you. I hope you make more like this.
I love the quickwire
Useful stuff thank you for sharing
these really are a time saver. im in the middle of installing 30 of them. I nearly came a cropper when i cut one too short which cut the connection to the next downlight. I realised a hour later. The big time waster is installing the luminare in old lath and plaster cielings and putting that dam retaining clip in
Excellent video, also just curious do you notice any difference on both your camera you use to make videos and your CCTV cameras with the new lights installed?
No difference however both the old and new lights are all GU10 so I'm using the same bulbs, it's literally just the fittings themselves I've replaced. Since I record at 50fps I don't really have issues with lights flickering on my proper cameras. The CCTV does have a slight flicker since they record at 30fps however they also only record when I'm away from home when the lights are off so that's not really an issue.
Did you check the polarity and resistantance with the circuit breaker on or off?
You should just use wago connectors. simple and smaller and rated for mains voltage.
They aren't really equivalent products, I use Wago connectors all the time - you can see one behind the light switch and another that I was using while testing. I love them but they are just connectors, this is a full junction box. If I were to use Wagos for this I'd need an enclosure such as a Wagobox and this would likely take the same amount of time to connect up as the junction box that's already included with the downlights and not give me the benefit of a plug/socket connector at each downlight.
@@camerongray1515 Well, at least you won't have to Wago through hoops to get your downlights working
i've seen these many time in my local electricians store, never really paid it much attention....I wish I had now, as I recently tidied up all my spot lights to have both insulated sleeves inside those awful stupid little black boxes
Why did you have to change all the downligjts?
I didn't *need* to change them, I just wasn't a fan of the stainless steel as they drew my attention to the relatively low ceilings and they were mismatched between a couple of different models in different rooms. Some of them (such as the ones in my living room and office) were installed in holes that were too tight so the only way to remove a downlight (for maintenance or to access the ceiling void for running cables) was to break the downlight. Decided the nicest option would be to replace them all with new matching downlights and in particular I went for these ones which hold the bulb slightly recessed into the ceiling which helps to reduce glare.
@@camerongray1515 I see. Sounds like they mixed and matched to save money and got lazy with the hole cutter by not changing the size of it. Typical of apartments eh Was going to say you could get the white magnetic covers but if they're all different lights it's annoying.
When you cut the cables with the current, there is still exposed wires in form of a hole at 14.08. Is that because the cutters have settings for thickness of wires and you dug in too much pressure? I guess it doesn't matter as after you push it into the splitter it isn't exposed Great vid btw
That's not a hole, it's just a slight scuff on the insulation caused by the strippers gripping on, PVC insulation marks very easily with even the slightest pressure, it wasn't damaged in any significant way. The mismatched downlights weren't to save money, it was just a case of them being installed at different times from one another and one style being discontinued before it could be installed in every room.
@@camerongray1515 yep, not a criticism. love your content and projects
Please talk quicker bro ;) (love ya vids don’t change!)
Careful Now.
You speak in morse code! Slow down.