I am in a 7-year-old property. I want to convert a single light switch that currently controls a single outside wall light into a double, in order to switch an external 12v cctv camera.
The exterior wall is clad and the current light switch is on the internal wall directly behind the existing exterior light.
The camera will be positioned just above the exterior light so only a short run of cable will be required and providing there is not a snag, should be easy enough to do.
As the cctv camera's power supply is in the 3 prong plug, I will be enclosing a socket within an IP56 external junction box with the supply cable running from the internal double wall switch.
In the current single switch: 2 browns to com, 1 brown to L1, 2 blues to terminal block, 2 earths to metal switch.
I am thinking I have to loop the incoming live (brown) from (com) 1st switch to the 2nd switch then connect all blues (one from the cctv) together, then all earths together, then brown out from the 2nd switch to the (live) cctv.
I have 2 questions:
1. Am i correct in assuming that the above method is acceptable?
2. How do I wire the new double plug and cable?
Thanks
The exterior wall is clad and the current light switch is on the internal wall directly behind the existing exterior light.
The camera will be positioned just above the exterior light so only a short run of cable will be required and providing there is not a snag, should be easy enough to do.
As the cctv camera's power supply is in the 3 prong plug, I will be enclosing a socket within an IP56 external junction box with the supply cable running from the internal double wall switch.
In the current single switch: 2 browns to com, 1 brown to L1, 2 blues to terminal block, 2 earths to metal switch.
I am thinking I have to loop the incoming live (brown) from (com) 1st switch to the 2nd switch then connect all blues (one from the cctv) together, then all earths together, then brown out from the 2nd switch to the (live) cctv.
I have 2 questions:
1. Am i correct in assuming that the above method is acceptable?
2. How do I wire the new double plug and cable?
Thanks
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