I just bought a light pendant that came with a AU 3pin plug. I plugged into the wall socket and it lit up fine. Because I want the pendant on the ceiling, I cut off the plug and hard wired to the cables in the ceiling, live, ground and nuteral. However it does not work and very sure the wires are connected correctly. Fixed a batten light to the ceiling and it works fine so nothing wrong with the cables or switch in the wall. Connected the plug to the pendant and it works fine as well.
Any idea what's going on here and why pendant does not work when hard wired???