I'm opening up a wall between our family room and kitchen and have a few small electrical problems which I hope someone can help with.
1. One light fixture is on a 3-way circuit (2 switches) and now I don't need the extra switch and want to drywall patch over the wall plate. How can I remove this switch and not leave live wires in the switchbox behind the drywall?
2. I have to move the first switch about 4 feet and the cable will not reach the new location (it is about 1 foot too short). What is the right way to splice in new cable (if this is allowed) or do I have to run new continuous cable from the circuit breaker?
3. I'm changing one light fixture from a single ceiling light to 4 pot lights - what is the right way to wire this up? The existing light fixture has one white, one black and an earth cable - can I run this to the first pot light then run new cable from this to the second pot light, then the third and fourth in parallel?
Thanks for any advice!
1. One light fixture is on a 3-way circuit (2 switches) and now I don't need the extra switch and want to drywall patch over the wall plate. How can I remove this switch and not leave live wires in the switchbox behind the drywall?
2. I have to move the first switch about 4 feet and the cable will not reach the new location (it is about 1 foot too short). What is the right way to splice in new cable (if this is allowed) or do I have to run new continuous cable from the circuit breaker?
3. I'm changing one light fixture from a single ceiling light to 4 pot lights - what is the right way to wire this up? The existing light fixture has one white, one black and an earth cable - can I run this to the first pot light then run new cable from this to the second pot light, then the third and fourth in parallel?
Thanks for any advice!