Ceiling rose
The ceiling rose, sometimes called a ‘loop-in ceiling rose’ or ‘3 plate ceiling rose’ is effectively a junction box for the power feed, switch wire and pendant flex of a ceiling light:
Ceiling rose with pendant attached
The ceiling rose has 3 sets of discreet terminals for the current carrying conductors plus an additional terminal for terminating the earthing conductors.
The diagram below shows the terminals in the ceiling rose plus typical termination of the cables:
Ceiling rose (new harmonised cable colours)
Tags: ceiling rose, pendant