wiring bathroom extractor with timer

[ban-all-sheds]

how do I connect it at the junction box - twist on the other earths which are OUTSIDE the junction box?

NO - and not only that - fix the twisted-together malarkey - that is not the way to connect cables, they should be joined properly.

Do I need a new junction box or am I creating too much work for myself?

If your JB does not have a spare terminal for the earth conductors, then yes, you should replace it with one which does have enough capacity. This is not creating too much work, it is doing things correctly.

 

[Damocles]

So who remembers those caps you twist the wires together and then screw the cap over the lot to hold them? Read a post says theyre still just fine to use in the USA. Why don't we use them any more?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Because we have higher standards than the Americans.

 

[Damocles]

I don't know. perhaps they are unsuitable for solid cables. Perhaps it's just fashion.

 

[pipme]

The poster is relating using 'flex' he says there is a yellow and green insulated 'earth' core.

I have bought some 3 core wire from B&Q but one of the cores is an earth (Blue, Brown and Yellow/Green)

Should he not be using cable as opposed to flex anyway ?

P

 

[ban-all-sheds]

damn people at B&Q - they told me to go ahead and do this GRRR

Wasn't this guy who told you to do it, was it?

 

[Corrado]

Yep! That was him
Nice one!!