Good Afternoon, Please bare with me as i know very little about electrics.
I live in a house with old type electrical wires (red and black) I would like to replace and remove the pullcord switches in the upstairs bedrooms and the upstairs bathroom with 1 gang switches. I have run and fixed the mini trunking down the walls and fitted the 1 gangs boxes and switches in their disired locations.
I have the used 1.5mm (6242Y) twin and earth? (grey outer sheathing with a brown, blue and earth wire inside) from each light to each switch (None have been connected).
I disconnected one of the old pull cord switches and discovered that the wire goes from the light to the pull cord switch and then to a round black junction box (in the attic) - I couldn't see them all for all the loft insulation (we live in a council house and were having extra loft insulation the following day - that is why i wanted to do all the lighting - before they came), but i think they are all like it - there is certainly another one, at least that goes to the junction box.
when i disconnected it, It wasn't two wires going to the pullcord switch as i originally thought. What they had done (whoever wired it before) is - They split the other sheathing, cut the red and the earth from the same wire and used the red wire as separate wires (if you know what i mean), they joined Both the earth's together and covered it with either a blue or green sheath. But the black wire was untouched - it still remained whole.
As i said earlier, i am NOT too clever
when it comes to electrical and normally i will not touch what i don't know about. What i would like to know is could someone please explain to me how i wire these 1 gangs up please? And in a language that an amature would understand please
I really haven't got a clue. Oh, sorry - i forgot to mention that the sparky that was supposed to come - Didn't. And that is why I Had to Have a go at doing it myself .
Oh, Just one more querry, please. Could i use a cooker? cable to operate a shower? please.
It has white outer sheathing, 2 x 6 mm wires twin and earth.
Sorry for the LONG post. Thanks for bearing with me and thank you in advance for all replies.
I live in a house with old type electrical wires (red and black) I would like to replace and remove the pullcord switches in the upstairs bedrooms and the upstairs bathroom with 1 gang switches. I have run and fixed the mini trunking down the walls and fitted the 1 gangs boxes and switches in their disired locations.
I have the used 1.5mm (6242Y) twin and earth? (grey outer sheathing with a brown, blue and earth wire inside) from each light to each switch (None have been connected).
I disconnected one of the old pull cord switches and discovered that the wire goes from the light to the pull cord switch and then to a round black junction box (in the attic) - I couldn't see them all for all the loft insulation (we live in a council house and were having extra loft insulation the following day - that is why i wanted to do all the lighting - before they came), but i think they are all like it - there is certainly another one, at least that goes to the junction box.
when i disconnected it, It wasn't two wires going to the pullcord switch as i originally thought. What they had done (whoever wired it before) is - They split the other sheathing, cut the red and the earth from the same wire and used the red wire as separate wires (if you know what i mean), they joined Both the earth's together and covered it with either a blue or green sheath. But the black wire was untouched - it still remained whole.
As i said earlier, i am NOT too clever
when it comes to electrical and normally i will not touch what i don't know about. What i would like to know is could someone please explain to me how i wire these 1 gangs up please? And in a language that an amature would understand please I really haven't got a clue. Oh, sorry - i forgot to mention that the sparky that was supposed to come - Didn't. And that is why I Had to Have a go at doing it myself
. Oh, Just one more querry, please. Could i use a cooker? cable to operate a shower? please.It has white outer sheathing, 2 x 6 mm wires twin and earth.
Sorry for the LONG post. Thanks for bearing with me and thank you in advance for all replies.
