- Joined
- 15 May 2016
- Messages
- 307
- Reaction score
- 2
- Country
Hi all, I have this old electrical terminal attached to the wall. It's all cracked up so I want to replace it and take it off the wall and put it under the floorboard.
Is this as simple as switching off the mains, buying a new terminal and putting the wires into that?
Also something of concern. I used a mains tester screwdriver on all the wires. A black wire and one of the red showed nothing. However one of the red showed having current as well as the other black which is the one taped up with blue tape in the image, so seems kinda dangerous!
Will a 6 terminal junction box like this one in the link below be ok to replace even if one terminal will not be used? Also some of these boxes have an AMP number. How would I know which amp I need? cheers
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Amp-6-...190324&hash=item235984fcdf:g:pRoAAOSwR5dXQuBj
Is this as simple as switching off the mains, buying a new terminal and putting the wires into that?
Also something of concern. I used a mains tester screwdriver on all the wires. A black wire and one of the red showed nothing. However one of the red showed having current as well as the other black which is the one taped up with blue tape in the image, so seems kinda dangerous!
Will a 6 terminal junction box like this one in the link below be ok to replace even if one terminal will not be used? Also some of these boxes have an AMP number. How would I know which amp I need? cheers
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-Amp-6-...190324&hash=item235984fcdf:g:pRoAAOSwR5dXQuBj
Attachments
Last edited:
Links in this post may contain affiliate links for which DIYnot may be compensated.