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

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:
 

whiteflour

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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.
 

stelthy

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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
 

stelthy

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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
 

whiteflour

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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.
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whiteflour

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That pic didn't work but any dual position switch should be fine as long as its rated for at least .75A.
 

stelthy

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I need all 4 lamp holder's and a switch wired to 1 uk plug with the correct size fuze :) - STELTHY
 

whiteflour

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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.
 

whiteflour

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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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