Single light switch being moved

[Jack07]

Hello,

I want to move a single light switch to the other side of a door. I have access above in the loft so I chased in the new position. In the room it also has a pull cord type switch that I will be removing( pushing up into loft space through ceiling)

When I removed the old trunking it has 2 cables entering the box, 1 cable has 2x red & 1 x earth, the other has 1 x red & 1 x earth.

There is not enough flex in the cables but I can extend them in the loft.

Can I simply just use a choc box to connect them?
If I find the cable running to the pull switch can that simply be removed from the wall socket by not connecting it?

Thanks jack

 

[ericmark]

If the light is using a standard ceiling rose then I would run new wire from ceiling rose to new switch. There are diagrams on the site in Wiki section showing how it is wired as standard.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is the lighting circuit RCD protected?