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[johnowhetton]

i am currently replacing my socket fronts throughout my house, i have come to change the switch front for a storage heater, the trouble is the wires are not red and black, there is a brown wire and a green wire from the storage heater, i cant tell which wire is which does anyone have any ideas??
thanks

[sparx]

Hi you should have from flex of heater a Brn. a Blue & a grn/yel earth to connect to your mains red, blk & grn / yel.
look carefully, as from your info you don't have enough cores to make a circuit. get a torch & find missing wires, regards SPARX

[johnowhetton]

Hi Sparx,
Thank you for your reply, the wires coming from the storage heater are as follows,
i have a Brown Wire
i have a green wire
i have a green & yellow wire

would i be correct in thinking that the brown is live, the green is negative and the green & yellow is the earth??
thanks
john