Extending a hall light switch.

BaileyB

hi everyone,

We need to move our hall switch about 1m towards the door. This switch also controls the landing light too.

Now looking at the cables i have the following

Cable 1 Red, Black (got red tape on it), Earth
Cable 2 Red, Red, Black (again red tape)

Now one of the red cables of cable 2 is infact the earth cable and the put red sleeving over it.

Cable 2 then goes up to the landing light switch.

Now got the floorboards up and found the 2 light cables that go into the hall light switch

Normally if i was extending a light i would just use a JB and extend the cable to where i would need it.

But is using another piece of t&e as a switch cable acceptable of do i need to go and buy couple meters of lighting cable, or 3 core and earth?



any advice would be great

MX5huggy

Cable 2 needs stripping out as you can't use the earth as a live.

DVardysShadow

BaileyB wrote: »

Now one of the red cables of cable 2 is infact the earth cable and the put red sleeving over it.

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any advice would be great

If the earth continuity conductor is being used as a live conductor [connected to a live cable and not to the backbox], then you should replace that cable in its entirety with the correct 3c&E cable.

muckybutt

BaileyB wrote: »

Now one of the red cables of cable 2 is infact the earth cable and the put red sleeving over it.

:eek::eek::eek: what ! seriously dangerous, earth wires are just that EARTH, they should NEVER be used for anything else, I suggest you get a sparky in to get it rewired using the proper cable for the job.

I would also suggest you get a periodic inspection done as there is no knowing what other electrical bodges there are lurking in your house.

BaileyB

Thanks guys thought as much, will replace the whole cable with 3 core and earth