Soldering cable query.

[davelx]

I wasn't sure if you were just joining two cables, or a flex and a cable, or tapping a flex into two cables!

If I was just joining flex to cable (ie a single solid conductor to a single multi-stranded conductor) then I'd normally just spiral wind the flexible one round the solid one, solder and heat-shrink.

Anyway I'm sure you can work it out!

 

[Northbeach]

Well, I was connecting two cables together (lengthening lighting cable basically) - I was originally going to wind the flex around the solid core then solder and heat shrink tube that...I guess I thought the implication was to use the 'tap' a flex into two cables...which is what I ended up doing! Suffice it to say - it worked! Royal pain in the george michael mind...would I have been ok to merely join one flex cable and use this to enter the actual light fitting?
Still - thanks for your advice - it got me there!
...any tips for knackered wallpaper around the new light switch though

Many thanks.

 

[sm1thson]

...any tips for knackered wallpaper around the new light switch though

you can get surrounds to go around, plastic ones are cheap as -depends if you like the look tho, there are others availiable but again it depends if you like the looks.