Our chandelier was no longer in style. It was a gaudy 12 candelabra brass chandelier that better fits in a old castle dining room. My spouse decided we needed to update and get new lighting for our dining room.
I'm adept at installing lighting, outlets and switches on existing wiring. When I retired, I took an apprentice electrician course at the local vocational school. As a result, I feel confident with most simple DIY electrical modifications or updates, which saves us the cost of hiring an electrician.
However, the wiring on the new chandelier was slightly different than I had seen in previous lighting. Instead of using standard lamp wire, it came with pendant lamp wire, which I had not worked with before. Standard lamp wire is easy to strip with a standard wire stripper to expose the ends after cutting to length. Pendant wire required some special tools since the outer insulation is molded to the internal wires which are also insulated.
On the Internet, I found a score perpendicular and slice in line tool made in Germany, but it wasn't in stock anywhere. My neighbor had a scoring tool, but I would still have to slice in line by hand with a razor knife. Then I went to Harbor Freight and one of their reps showed me tool that strips off a small section of the pendent insulation without a perpendicular score or an in line slice. I bought it, went home and experimented on the extra wire that was cut off. As result, I was able to do an expert strip of the wire to attach to the house wire.
My spouse helped me hold up the chandelier while I wired it to the house wire. Now we have a gorgeous modern chandelier in our dining room.
This is not financial, decor, nor DIY advice. Please consult a professional advisor.
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