Light switch changed

[el_scorchio]

I fitted a new light switch to a room last night.

It is silver plated, it relaced a plastic one.

I undid the earth that was connected to the metal box in side the wall, and reattcahed to the light plate itself.

Is this correct.

I am very new to all this and so will probably come on here alot and ask for little titbits, sorry in advance if it gets a little tedious.

But i want to ensure i aint going to kill myself or anyone else who visits the house.
thanks

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes, correct, the metal font plate must be earthed. U R OK.

 

[pbar]

Shouldn't the metal backbox be earthed too?
i.e. a small earth cable shoudl link the front switch to the back box.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Its not absolutely necessary as long as the metal back box has one fixed lug.

You will probably find its difficult getting more than 1 wire into the terminal on the switchplate. An option is to keep the earth wires (from the cables) connected to the backbox earth terminal and run a single wire from there to the front plate earth.

 

[pbar]

An option is to keep the earth wires (from the cables) connected to the backbox earth terminal and run a single wire from there to the front plate earth.

Yes, that's what I thought I said.
Some of mine have been done like that.