Light Switch Wiring Help

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Doing some decoration in the lounge and decided to remove two wall lights at the same time.

The wall lights have been disconnected, connector blocks attached and insulating taped up. These will eventually be disconnected in the roof space when we have some work done on the house.

There are (were) two wall lights and a ceiling light connected back to a double switch; ala:

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I have removed the "bridge" link / loop so no live supply to the right hand switch (wall light cables) which appears to have worked and the ceiling light still works.

So far, good.

I now want to replace the double switch with a single to operate the ceiling light but not just "leave" the "spare" lives.

I was thinking wire a new (2 way ?) single switch as above without the bridge? Will this work? Any other options ?

Cheers in advance :)
 
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Stick the spare wires in a choc block terminal and leave them. Secured, protected, available if you decide to change wiring in future. And simple!
 
Thanks

I was thinking something similar, glad you mentioned it

So, to wire the new single socket live (red) in the top and neutral (black) in the bottom ?

There three lives at the moment and assume this is the live (common) in and then two back out - 1 to the wall lights and one to the ceiling light

So both lives in one (trial and error to get the right one) ?

Cheers

EDIT: or one live (common?) in top, out in the bottom and neutral in a choc box ?!?
 
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based on the pic, the red in the top right terminal that was linked to the top left terminal will be your live, black will be switch live to ceiling light, and put 2 reds in bottom left terminal in choc block
 
Lol, there are some odd and some downright dangerous finds in the house so far (been in six months)

I think the old bloke who we bought it from was a bit of a fiddler / bodger ....

Had the sparks out to investigate why we were getting shocks off the oven shelves and (separate) hob surround .....

They found them both wired into the same junction box then back to the board where the earth was wired into the live so wasn't tripping the RCD - happy days !

Just had a full survey and report done !!
 
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