fitting an outside light

[roger_harr]

I recently went to replace my neighbours outside light, because it was broken. The cable going to this has FOUR wires in it, but the new outside light only has 3 connectors (live, earth and neutral). The cable does have a switch in the house, and assume that the extra wire is something to do with the switching, but don't know how to wire it up to the 3 terminals. Any advice? Every combination I've tried doesn't work. I think I have to add another terminal to the block supplied and add another wire to create the link for the switching but don't know how.

[Shaggymon]

It's illegal for you to do anything like this unless you are a qualified/registered electrician, which you clearly aren't. Give up now before you kill yourself.

[jake-the-peg]

Check out this thread

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/How-it-Works/Question139140.html

Technically as this is outside the house it does come under Part P of building regs and should be done by an electrician.

[RAYMAN]

              

 

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