Hi,
I am currently in the process of replacing the lighting in my hallway.
The existing light is a single fitting, which sits halfway down the hall, directly below a junction box (pictured). The light is wired to two switches in the hallway.
My plan is to
- replace the current junction box with a large wago box, and rework the connections with wagos.
- replace the lighting flex with 1.5mm T&E running to the LEDs
- daisy chain 5 of these LED down lights (manufacturer guidance is no more than 6 daisy chained)
- terminate at the last light on the chain
The only issue I have is that, because the junction box is halfway down the hall, if I used a single run of cable for all lights, I would need to go to one end of the hallway and then double back (i.e. JB - light 1 - light 2 - double back past the junction box - light 3 - light 4 - light 5).
The other option that occurs to me is to replace the current flex with two runs of 1.5mm, one branch going to light 1 - light 2 and the other branch going to light 3 - light 4 - light 5
If there any reason that I cannot branch to two cables, rather than just use one run?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
I am currently in the process of replacing the lighting in my hallway.
The existing light is a single fitting, which sits halfway down the hall, directly below a junction box (pictured). The light is wired to two switches in the hallway.
My plan is to
- replace the current junction box with a large wago box, and rework the connections with wagos.
- replace the lighting flex with 1.5mm T&E running to the LEDs
- daisy chain 5 of these LED down lights (manufacturer guidance is no more than 6 daisy chained)
- terminate at the last light on the chain
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The only issue I have is that, because the junction box is halfway down the hall, if I used a single run of cable for all lights, I would need to go to one end of the hallway and then double back (i.e. JB - light 1 - light 2 - double back past the junction box - light 3 - light 4 - light 5).
The other option that occurs to me is to replace the current flex with two runs of 1.5mm, one branch going to light 1 - light 2 and the other branch going to light 3 - light 4 - light 5
If there any reason that I cannot branch to two cables, rather than just use one run?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.