Remove exterior light.

Hi everyone,

I was looking for a bit of advice on removing and exterior light. 

The light is operated by a double switch in the hallway. The other switch controls the hallway light. Would it be possible to disconnect the exterior light from the switch and continue using the same switch to peer the hallway light? There is also another switch in the hallway which controls the hallway light.

Cheers

yes but you will also need to find where its neutral comes form and isolate that too if youre removing the light

Andy™ said:

yes but you will also need to find where its neutral comes form and isolate that too if youre removing the light

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Thanks for your reply Andy. How do I go about isolating it's neutral?

find it and disconnect it

Andy™ said:

find it and disconnect it

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Got it. Thanks!

The neutral could be hard to trace. Likely places include behind the switch, behind the hallway light ceiling rose,  or in an underfloor junction box. Simple option fit a small waterproof junction box where the disused lamp was and terminate the wires in that.

Geoff1946 said:

The neutral could be hard to trace. Likely places include behind the switch, behind the hallway light ceiling rose,  or in an underfloor junction box. Simple option fit a small waterproof junction box where the disused lamp was and terminate the wires in that.

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The other advantage of that is it's really easy to fit another light if you change your mind later.