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I am changing a light fitting and have excess wires. I’ve matched up the three core wires for the feeds I have but have two additional red wires left (pic included).

What do I do with these? Just tape them off separately? Or should they be inserted somewhere?

Thanks in advance for any help! (I think the complexity comes from old wiring being used for a new light fitting)

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Means he's posted the same thing twice.
 
Thanks Flick. Power is off. So to join together can I just twist the ends together (of the two red wires) and the. Surround with insulating tape?
Don’t even think of that. At a minimum they need to go into another choc block beside the other 3.
 
Put the two reds together in a connector block and put insulation tape around everything to avoid anything accidentally falling into or touching the screws or connections
 
Are you certain the wires correspond to L .N. E at the lamp end?
Pretty certain yes - I matched the colours and everything seemed logical and made sense.

Thanks for everyone’s quick responses - I’ve just ordered some connector blocks from amazon so will wait until they arrive before I complete the job.
 
Pretty certain yes - I matched the colours and everything seemed logical and made sense.

Thanks for everyone’s quick responses - I’ve just ordered some connector blocks from amazon so will wait until they arrive before I complete the job.

You need to be certain , not pretty certain.
The wires in the pic look very difficult to identify . It could be very dangerous if you have it wrong . You cannon take chances with this .
What is the lamp wiring colours, and what colours have you connected to them , and are you certain you have the red sleeved that we can see in the line conductor at the lamp?
 

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