Hi there,
Can I start off by saying I know next to nothing about electrics.
Having mounted my TV on the wall, I bought a one way extension lead for the power cable. I decided that a neater job would be to join the TV lead to the extension lead via a connector.
So I bought a "13 amp 3 Terminal Line Connector". Read the instructions, sounded pretty simple. I cut the end socket off the extension lead, stripped back the 3 coloured wires (live, neutral and earth) and fixed them into their appropriate parts in the connector. So far so good.
I then cut the plug off the TV lead and aagghh!! There is only a live and neutral wire, but no earth!
So my question - Am I able to connect these into the connector matching the sections so it is live to live and neutral to neutral, but therefore end up with the earth wire from the extension lead on its own in the connector?
Or do I need to buy a different type of connector for joining these two cables together?
I hope this makes sense and I hope one of you can help me quick. The missus is going barmy that I've rendered the TV useless with no way of knowing exactly how to connect the bloody wires up!
Thanks for reading
Greg
Can I start off by saying I know next to nothing about electrics.
Having mounted my TV on the wall, I bought a one way extension lead for the power cable. I decided that a neater job would be to join the TV lead to the extension lead via a connector.
So I bought a "13 amp 3 Terminal Line Connector". Read the instructions, sounded pretty simple. I cut the end socket off the extension lead, stripped back the 3 coloured wires (live, neutral and earth) and fixed them into their appropriate parts in the connector. So far so good.
I then cut the plug off the TV lead and aagghh!! There is only a live and neutral wire, but no earth!
So my question - Am I able to connect these into the connector matching the sections so it is live to live and neutral to neutral, but therefore end up with the earth wire from the extension lead on its own in the connector?
Or do I need to buy a different type of connector for joining these two cables together?
I hope this makes sense and I hope one of you can help me quick. The missus is going barmy that I've rendered the TV useless with no way of knowing exactly how to connect the bloody wires up!
Thanks for reading
Greg