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Title: confused by old style wiring
Post by david613 on Aug 30^th, 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.

Thanks
David

Title: Re: confused by old style wiring
Post by scotspark on Aug 30^th, 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?

Remember to turn power of before touching anything