Thanks but I have those connectors but I thought you could only do a block of one? There's only plastic between each 'bank' not metal?
4 x three core cables for one light and switch?
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Thanks but I have those connectors but I thought you could only do a block of one? There's only plastic between each 'bank' not metal?
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Not sure what you mean. You can seperate these blocks, they don't have to remain joined together.
I've tried to write what I mean about 10 times and I'm failing... don't worry. Is there any reason why I cannot use 3am terminal block?
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Well, the circuit and wiring is usually protected at a minimum of 5 amp, so one wouldn't usually fit a 3 amp connector on something which effectively runs through the whole circuit.
You need to put 3 or 4 wires into each one. The 3A type are too small to fit multiple wires into.
Do you have access to a loft above?
Thanks guys. That makes sense. I'll need to get a 5amp + terminal block. I'll get that tomorrow. The only outstanding thing is trying, without getting a meter, to work out which is the switch live.
I can do but would have to take up floorboards etc.
You know which incoming cable at the ceiling is the feed. Connect the live (brown) from that feed to each of the other browns in turn, and making sure that the other wires are separated each time turn on the power and check for voltage at the switch.
As a double check, then test for voltage at the corresponding blue wire at the ceiling outlet while somebody turns the light switch on & off.
with ALL of the ends in connector blocks! Don't do this with any bare copper showing
Right. On it. Will report back when I get larger terminal blocks. Thanks for everyone's input... great help!
Sorry to be the bearer of what you may consider unwelcome news, but the madness is not in the wiring, it is in you deciding that it is OK to fiddle with your wiring when you don't actually understand how it works.
Wrong.
DO NOT DO IT AT ALL.
Trying to do electrical installation work by trial-and-error, "let's do this and see what happens", guessing and hoping to find the right combination, is a stupid thing to do, and PBC's advice was [expletive-deleted] irresponsible.
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