Recent content by TastySoda

Yes, I had considered that. I would need to change the height slightly, because the fixing screws are either side of the centre and therefore in-line with the cable (which explains why the person who installed, almost severed the cable when doing so). But it is certainly an option, and would...

Thanks. I very much appreciate the very detailed advice that you, and everyone else, have taken the time to provide. I shall go with a back box as you folks have advised, and will report back on progress! :) Thanks again.

I think that the wiring in this house (and many of my neighbours) is a very questionable hodge-podge. I'd hoped to not have to dig out and disconnect the whole cable. There is a second light, which this cable runs towards, and (given the hodge-podge) I'd hate to think what I would find at the...

OK, thanks. What I had planned to do was just to cut a cavity in the wall, large enough to accommodate the unsheathed wires and terminal strip, and then place a blanking plate over that (rather than putting the unsheathed section into new plaster). If I need a back box, can I use a...

Thanks for all the advice. I bought a terminal strip today, cut it down to just three terminals and then screwed the wires in. This is what it looks like now. Obviously I have a bit more more to do before I can re-bury the cable and put the blank plate up. You can't see from the...

Thanks. Would this be appropriate? (lighting circuit is on a 5 amp fuse, so I assume the rating is high enough) www.screwfix.com/p/5a-terminal-strips-pack-of-10/60804 Do I simply need to put the three separate wires into three different holes on the strip, or do I need to separate the...

Hi, I have an old wall mounted light fitting (with a pull cord attached to the fitting) which was pulled loose from the wall. When I looked more closely at the wiring it was obvious that the cable had previously been damaged by the rawl plug, to such a degree that there was bare copper showing...