Metal Dimmers with Ready Made Flying Earths but Plastic Box

[richardr1981]

Dear all,

I am quite au fait with how flying earths etc. etc. work with metal faceplates.

However, I am installing a Metal dimmer on a Plastic backbox. There is an earthwire in the switch cable (currently bent over and attached to nothing as current faceplate is also plastic). Now, I would normally simply connect this to the Earth Terminal on the back of a Metal Faceplate.

HOWEVER, the faceplate is one of those dimmers with a ready-made Earth wire (in a crimp connector round a fixing screw). Therefore my Question is how to connect these two lengths of earthwire together. Is correct prractice to put in either end of a 5 amp strip connector?

Advice appreciated please! Thanks

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

I would put the CPC in to the earth terminal on metal fittting and return the flying earth there to.

 

[flameport]

The easy answer is to join the two wires with a connector.

The better answer is to remove the existing earth lead from the switch, crimp a ring lug onto the circuit cpc (earth) and attach that to the back of the dimmer plate.

 

[richardr1981]

I would put the CPC in to the earth terminal on metal fittting and return the flying earth there to.

Thanks for reply, normally I would do this but there is no other Earth Terminal on the fitting for the CPC to go into. There is ONLY a Crimp Connector round one of the fixing screws with a small Flying earth lead attached....

That is why I am thinking CPC into one end of 5 amp connector...Flying Earth out of other end...

 

[richardr1981]

The easy answer is to join the two wires with a connector.

The better answer is to remove the existing earth lead from the switch, crimp a ring lug onto the circuit cpc (earth) and attach that to the back of the dimmer plate.

Thanks! Those were my thoughts.

 

[sparkwright]

No reason why you can't use a 5 amp connector.

You can put both wires through one end of the connector if you like.

When putting just one wire into a terminal, make sure you have enough insulation stripped back, and bend the stripped end over double, so you will get a stronger connection at the connector block.

 

[richardr1981]

No reason why you can't use a 5 amp connector.

You can put both wires through one end of the connector if you like.

When putting just one wire into a terminal, make sure you have enough insulation stripped back, and bend the stripped end over double, so you will get a stronger connection at the connector block.

Thanks