I had some difficulty hanging this. The socket cord slipped out of my hand and crashed into the sink, shattering the socket. I had to purchase a new socket, rewire it and then hung the pendant. The cord that comes with this is pretty, however the wires are all the same color - no black/white, but could see green. In the confusion rewiring the socket I misplaced the tags which distinguished hot/neutral. So I replaced the cord too. I love the way it looks over my kitchen sink. Very happy with the end result.