Hi, so I’m attempting to wire up an outdoor light, I believe I’ve managed that part okay as it’s just the usual 1 earth, 1 live and 1 neutral. However the single light switch that powers said light has 2 lives and 2 neutrals feeding in to it and I’m not really sure how to proceed here... I’ve attached a picture as to how it is currently wired up Any ideas?
Yes that’s correct. It was put in by our house builders but because there wasn’t an actual light for it to power they wired it up like pictured for “safety”. So now I’m trying to I guess undo what they’ve done and actually make it work.
we can see cables inside of the switch box, but how many cables protrude on external side? you will need basic electricity tester to figure it out
That’s the bit I’m unsure on. Is it as obvious as just wiring up either L/N pair and seeing which works? Only one cable protrudes on the external side. Recommend any decent testers?
Put both blues together in a connector block, leave the brown in Com as it is and connect the other brown to L1.
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Depends on what kind of pull switch you are referring to. If its a DP then wiring is totally different.
Double pole? It has L1, L2 and Com. Two blue neutrals are in a block as are two earths, that leaves two browns, on one of the cables written in pen are 'L + N IN' so that would appear to be Com. The other should go into L1 switched live, but it doesn't operate the lights? Instead if the upstairs lights are on it switches them on and off simultaniously, but not the bathroom?
Sounds like there should be a 3rd cable for the bathroom, what you appear to have is the loop in and out wires that need to be connected together, 2 browns in com and 2 blues in the connector, the third wire - brown into L1 and blue into connector.
Appologies OP. See below! https://community.screwfix.com/thre...tor-fan-with-an-isolator-switch.211922/page-2