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Hi,
I need to put up two external wall lights onto my kitchen extension. The builders electrician did part of the work last year, but as I did not have the lights he just fitted the wiring. I now need to wire up the two external lights either side of my door and then connect them to my internal light switch.
I have two twin and earth cables at the back of my internal light switch and then on the outside of my kitchen I have a single twin and earth cable coming out of the wall and then looping back into the same wall. Then on the other side of my door I have a single twin and earth coming out of the wall.
I’m guessing the lights will be fitted in series, so my thoughts are;
(1).Power off at my main electrical box.
(2).Then cut the twin and earth loop coming out of my external wall and connect to my first light.
Cutting the wire loop will give me, two lives (brown) going to my live connector on my light.
Two neutral (blue) going to my neutral connector on my light.
Two earth’s going to my earth connector on my light.
(3). Connect the second light to the single twin and earth coming out of my external wall on the other side of my door.
One live (brown) going to my live connector on my light.
One neutral (blue) going to my neutral connector on my light.
One earth’s going to my earth connector on my light.
(4). Connect the two twin and earth internal cables to my internal kitchen light switch.
This is were I’m unsure. If my lights are in series why do I have two internal twin and earth cables?
My light switch is 2 gang, with one side controlling my main kitchen lights. The other side of the switch is empty, but has the usual three connectors, a single L at the top and then a L1 and L2 at the bottom.
Would I connect the two live wires (brown) to L and the two neutral wires (blue) to L1?
I hope this makes sense, and any advise would be welcome. Thanks for your time.
I need to put up two external wall lights onto my kitchen extension. The builders electrician did part of the work last year, but as I did not have the lights he just fitted the wiring. I now need to wire up the two external lights either side of my door and then connect them to my internal light switch.
I have two twin and earth cables at the back of my internal light switch and then on the outside of my kitchen I have a single twin and earth cable coming out of the wall and then looping back into the same wall. Then on the other side of my door I have a single twin and earth coming out of the wall.
I’m guessing the lights will be fitted in series, so my thoughts are;
(1).Power off at my main electrical box.
(2).Then cut the twin and earth loop coming out of my external wall and connect to my first light.
Cutting the wire loop will give me, two lives (brown) going to my live connector on my light.
Two neutral (blue) going to my neutral connector on my light.
Two earth’s going to my earth connector on my light.
(3). Connect the second light to the single twin and earth coming out of my external wall on the other side of my door.
One live (brown) going to my live connector on my light.
One neutral (blue) going to my neutral connector on my light.
One earth’s going to my earth connector on my light.
(4). Connect the two twin and earth internal cables to my internal kitchen light switch.
This is were I’m unsure. If my lights are in series why do I have two internal twin and earth cables?
My light switch is 2 gang, with one side controlling my main kitchen lights. The other side of the switch is empty, but has the usual three connectors, a single L at the top and then a L1 and L2 at the bottom.
Would I connect the two live wires (brown) to L and the two neutral wires (blue) to L1?
I hope this makes sense, and any advise would be welcome. Thanks for your time.