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confused by old style wiring
Aug 30th, 2015, 11:45am
 
Hi, the wiring in my house is very old. I need to fit a new pull-style light switch in the bathroom. I took off the old fitting and found 4 red wires coming out of the ceiling. Two of these go to one connector on the fitting and two go to another connector. One of the wires has a purple and yellow thread coming out of it - I don't know if this is significant. My question  is: how do I connect these 4 red wires to the new fitting, which is expecting red, black and earth wires.

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David
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Re: confused by old style wiring
Reply #1 - Aug 30th, 2015, 11:57am
 
Exactly as previous switch.

Webby do you think new switch is looking for red and black?

Pics of old and new switches?

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