How do I add another ceiling light fitting to a room to be operated by same single switch?

My kitchen has two ceiling lights, one at either end, operated from single switch. I want to install a third fitting in the centre of the existing two, operated by same single switch (all three sittings work as one). How do I connect the wiring?
I know that bulbs / light fittings are situated across the switch live and loop-in circuit neutral connector blocks in the circuit, but are additional bulbs / fittings on same single switch added in series or parallel between these blocks?
Of the two existing lights, one appears to be a ‘master’, with full circuit connections evident behind its plate including switch live block, whilst the other ’secondary’ firring has just a single T+E cable (which I realise could indicate last fitting on loop-in). As I just want to add a fitting to same switch, can I just add a T+E cable from the switch-live and neutral blocks of the ‘master’ to the live and neutral blocks of the proposed third fitting plate (parallel installation)?

Simple—- run another "white" wire off the white wire connection on either one of the other 2 fixtures —- run another wire(might be red or another color-but never green)off the same fixture where the black wire is. Connect these wires to your new fixture—and use the bare/green wire as a ground–which can simply be twisted around a sheet metal screw and screwed in the metal frame. White to white >>>> Black to black >>> green/bare to same and/or frame ground. If your new fixture has only both black wires coming out of it — just choose either one for the black, and the other for the white.

5 Responses to “How do I add another ceiling light fitting to a room to be operated by same single switch?”

  1. syllylou77, on October 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm Said:

    Home Depot has a whole bunch of online instructions for stuff like this that’s free. But unless you know alot about working with electricity I wouldn’t take the risk of doing it yourself with that much detail.
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  2. jayktee96, on October 26th, 2009 at 5:53 pm Said:

    Your terminology is all wrong, but I understand what you mean!! Take a t/e cable from the ’secondary, light to the new light and connect like for like, erect and connect new fitting, and all three lights will work together.
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    S/e electrician 44 years.

  3. Drunvalo, on October 26th, 2009 at 6:32 pm Said:

    Yep , from the switched live and the neutral in the existing light to your new lighting point.
    Connect it to the nearest light with the least connections, If they are all switched the same you can connect onto any in that circuit.
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  4. Spock, on October 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm Said:

    Simple—- run another "white" wire off the white wire connection on either one of the other 2 fixtures —- run another wire(might be red or another color-but never green)off the same fixture where the black wire is. Connect these wires to your new fixture—and use the bare/green wire as a ground–which can simply be twisted around a sheet metal screw and screwed in the metal frame. White to white >>>> Black to black >>> green/bare to same and/or frame ground. If your new fixture has only both black wires coming out of it — just choose either one for the black, and the other for the white.
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  5. Rod Stewart, on October 26th, 2009 at 7:35 pm Said:

    simply connect in parallel with either of the other light fittings, which ever one is the more accessible…
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