I’ll use the existing wires to pull the new ones.
Yes, that is another possibility. I have plenty of options, I just posted this question because I wondered if I could make things easier using thinner-than-typical wires.
Thin singles for steel conduit
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I’ll use the existing wires to pull the new ones.
Yes, that is another possibility. I have plenty of options, I just posted this question because I wondered if I could make things easier using thinner-than-typical wires.
The smallest conduit I've come across is aluminium 10mm internal and even that will accept 4 x 1mm² with ease.
The smallest steel is 16mm which I'd guess is suitable for 10 1.0mm² singles, I'd expect to be able to add a couple more to the existing 2 over a fair distance just by pushing them in.
This all assumes the conduit is complete and not obstructed with plaster or knotted cables etc.
There is always the vacuum cleaner and a piece of thin string too.
The smallest steel is 16mm which I'd guess is suitable for 10 1.0mm² singles, I'd expect to be able to add a couple more to the existing 2 over a fair distance just by pushing them in.
This all assumes the conduit is complete and not obstructed with plaster or knotted cables etc.
There is always the vacuum cleaner and a piece of thin string too.
What is a three way switch?
I presume he meant 3-gang 2-way.
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Yes, it was just a brain fart.
Rist knows I'm not from the US, or a DIYer.
I did mean 3 gang, not 3 way.
I know it was confusing for the OP and other DIYers to read.
Anyhow, I've edited my post now in bold to avoid further confusion.
Thanks, John (and Sunray!)
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I wouldn't be so worried, I was out for a meal a short while back and one of the fortune cookies read: "Critics make the worst mistakes". Certainly seems to be the case with some of ours.
Indeed -that was presumably obvious to nearly all of us!
I would imagine that even he was able to understand that, but he seems to enjoy 'trying to be clever'!
It wasn't clear at all to me. I wasn't sure whether he was referring to an intermediate switch or otherwise
Thankfully I don't need to try. I was born clever.
He'd hardly call an intermediate a 3 way.
Apparently you have just demonstrated you are losing that skill
That's precisely what the Americans call an intermediate, so it was a fair assumption.
Did you assume he is he American then?
As you are not as clever as you boast, I'll help with your education with a youtube video by an American presenter:
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For some odd reason they call a 2-way switch „3-way“ and an internediate „4-way“, just like the number of terminals.
No, I didn't assume that he was American. I simply sought clarification as to what exactly he meant by a "3-way" switch, given that no such thing exists. It's not difficult to understand, unless you are intellectually challenged.
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