Help!!! ( electrical) how do i.. (diagrams+pics needed!!!)

stelthy

stelthy

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Hi I am looking to wire 4 electric bulb.. erm.. holders together, 2 on the left side of my grow cupboard and 2 on the right hand side, to put my green light bulbs in, I want all 4 to be wired to one plug and have 1 switch to turn all the bulbs on and off! I also need to know what sized fuse to put in the mains plug. The 4 bulbs are only 15w each so a total load of 60w I am guessing a normal 13amp fuse should be ok? My main concern is how the hell do I wire this up so it all works and I don't die from a huge electric shock PIC'S, AND DIAGRAM'S = GOOD REP :) CHEER'S - STELTHY:joint:
 
A fuse seems a little unnecessary to me but if I was using one it'd be like .75A to 1.5A. Basically you can just daisy chain everything together though and be fine. Run a 4" section of wire off the leads then pigtail two lights onto one leader, and then those two leaders you pigtail to an extension cord and switch.
 
Ok that kinda makes sense but not well enough for me to do it yet :) any diagrams would help me out no end :) DIAGRAMS N PICS = GOOD REP :) - STELTHY
 
So do I only use live and earth? or neuteral? 2 or 3 core cable? and how do I wire a switch..? I 'll draw a pics of what what I want so hopefully that'll help you to help me, many thanks - STELTHY
 
Regular lamp cord should be fine you might use #14 solid for wiring in between the lights. The switch would go on the hot leg of the extension cord itself before you Y off.

You could also wire it like this if you wanted to save some wire and nuts.
light2.jpg
 
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I will be using 4 of these, 2 on either side :) - STELTHY
 
Well now that's a neat little setup there. I'm assuming Black is neutral, Brown Hot, and Green is ground but I'll let someone else chime in on the UK stuff.
 
That looks a bit excessive for lamp cord but maybe it's a UK thing. Two core wire is what you're looking for. You'll only be using the hot and neutral legs for this circuit.
 
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