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Do you have actually a fuse? Most places, especially rented, will have circuit breakers now. This can be turned off to disconnect the circuit. Modern ones are rarely easily removable - some older ones, for use in older fuse-boards are, though. If it is removable, then remove it - after turning it off. It wouldn't hurt to turn the main switch off, too, first.Well, I'm gonna play it safe when I actually do it. Do I really need to remove the fuse?
Wondering if got should get a mate round just in case....Well there's a box with all the trip switches in and another thing that appears to have a fuse in, but there is a switch beside it - so if I flick that switch off and the trip switch for the lights (or the mains switch?) I will be fine? (I'm a bit confused now... I want to make the minimum effort possible - just tell me which switches to flick and in which order and if it is worth me attempting to break into the fuse compartment!)
Awesome!This is getting like a Bond film, where somebody is being guided through the steps of defusing a hydrogen bomb, by remote control....
Yes, that is what I've got - and a pull cord in the corner that turns one of them off so I don't have to find my way to the bed in the dark. As long as I can figure out which colour wire to put where, I'm sure it will be fine.In the absence of really knowing what you've got there, then just turn everything off and you should be OK....
I still have my copy of Protect & Survive and am sitting under the stairs with my head in a paper bag.
At this point, I will ask if the lights have a two-way switch? By this, I mean, is there more more than one switch that will turn the lights on and off - like you would get on a stairway? If so, then the wiring is not so simple...
Mmm - if you turn it off at the pull-cord, can you then turn it back on at the wall? If so, then that is a two-way switch and you will have an extra wire to deal with....Yes, that is what I've got - and a pull cord in the corner that turns one of them off so I don't have to find my way to the bed in the dark.
Yes. I assume if I get the one linked to below, all will be fine - yeah?Mmm - if you turn it off at the pull-cord, can you then turn it back on at the wall? If so, then that is a two-way switch and you will have an extra wire to deal with....
Yes. You can wire one that one- or two-way - I suspect that you will have one one-way switch and one two-way switch. The one-way will have two wires and the two-way will have three wires. The potential for confusion is large. It is important to know which is the 'common' wire in each case.Yes. I assume if I get the one linked to below, all will be fine - yeah?
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/light-...witch-1-or-2-way-2-x-250w-white/invt/0072646/
It used to be my habit, in the old days, to keep the fuse in my pocket!!Just before you touch the first wire, please go back and check the fuse box again. I speak as someone that has been on the receiving end of a light socket!
Even then, it would be well worth checking, via a test-screwdriver* or meter, that all is dead, just in case you're going to be.After I've turned all the switches off (mains first, then the fuse - yeah?) and at least attempted to remove the fuse, only then will I touch any of the wires in the light switch.