Conecting two lights.

[jake1234]

Hi all, I have taken the wall down between our toilet and bathroom, so I am left with two lights and two pull cords, how do I remove one of the pull cords so the lights work with the remaining one.

thanks for your help

 

[sparkmanc]

Hi all, I have taken the wall down between our toilet and bathroom, so I am left with two lights and two pull cords, how do I remove one of the pull cords so the lights work with the remaining one.

thanks for your help

You'll have to tell us what connections / cables you have in the switches.

But basically you have to disconnect the 'strappers' going between the switches, re arrange the original switch so your feed is on C, and your swith live is on L1. You will probably have three cables connected (3 cores, 1 cable) connected to C, L1, L2 you need to disconnect these and secure them. This is at BOTH switches. OR it may be wired two plate where there is a two-core cable running between the switches, this is the same procedure and needs disconnecting at both ends again, securely.
The single cabe feeding the light (The switch live) also needs securely disconnecting.

Then its a 1.5 Twin & earth between light fittings connecting the Switch lives, netrals and earths. You may want to take the loop over too just to have there for the future.

Theres plenty of advice in the forums advice pages.

 

[Lectrician]

Your not from Devon are you

Had to sort a job today where a builder thought he could remove a wall, and sort the two pullcords...

 

[reggie perrin]

You'll have to tell us what connections / cables you have in the switches.

But basically you have to disconnect the 'strappers' going between the switches, re arrange the original switch so your feed is on C, and your swith live is on L1. You will probably have three cables connected (3 cores, 1 cable) connected to C, L1, L2 you need to disconnect these and secure them. This is at BOTH switches. OR it may be wired two plate where there is a two-core cable running between the switches, this is the same procedure and needs disconnecting at both ends again, securely.
The single cabe feeding the light (The switch live) also needs securely disconnecting.

Then its a 1.5 Twin & earth between light fittings connecting the Switch lives, netrals and earths. You may want to take the loop over too just to have there for the future.

Theres plenty of advice in the forums advice pages.

Were they two-wayed?

 

[sparkmanc]

You'll have to tell us what connections / cables you have in the switches.

But basically you have to disconnect the 'strappers' going between the switches, re arrange the original switch so your feed is on C, and your swith live is on L1. You will probably have three cables connected (3 cores, 1 cable) connected to C, L1, L2 you need to disconnect these and secure them. This is at BOTH switches. OR it may be wired two plate where there is a two-core cable running between the switches, this is the same procedure and needs disconnecting at both ends again, securely.
The single cabe feeding the light (The switch live) also needs securely disconnecting.

Then its a 1.5 Twin & earth between light fittings connecting the Switch lives, netrals and earths. You may want to take the loop over too just to have there for the future.

Theres plenty of advice in the forums advice pages.

Were they two-wayed?

Apparently!

Don't know why I had that in myhead.

To answer the original question you need to choose the switch you want to use, disconnect the other, and send a cable from light A to light B, linking L,N,E and maybe Loop for the sake of it, and disconnect the existing cable at B.

 

[Steve3948]

Why 1.5mm2 do you work for the council ????

They are only ones that use 1.5mm and when you ask why, they don't know.