Good evening all.
I have installed a Hollywood type mirror in my bedroom for my wife at a vanity table.
It is wall mounted and requires power for the bulbs and ambient backlight.
There is a socket directly below the location of the mirror which comes directly off the ring main. I installed that myself.
The mirror was supplied with cable and no plug... just bare wire ends.
Initially I tried feeding a spur mains cable up behind the wall; however with lathe and plaster behind the plasterboard it just would not go up. I subsequently cut a channel up the wall whilst removing the lathe plaster during the process.
I have crudely connected the mains cable spur from the socket below to the mirror flex with wago connectors and mounted the mirror on the wall.
I still have to repair the wall.
I want to neaten the whole thing up.
I am looking for suggestions.
When wall mounted as per the pictures... there is not much room behind the mirror i.e. not enough to put a socket and plug behind the mirror and maintain a flush fit to the wall. Whilst not 100% on this... I think it will be the case and will confirm when I remove it from the wall.
I wish to be able to remove the mirror if required. At present I have to switch off the power at the consumer unit as I have to break the connection at the Wago connectors and therefore exposing mains wiring. I want the removal to be easier than having to do this.
Is my only option to put a mains socket further up the wall as a spur from the double socket below?
Also if the wall is to be repaired with plaster would it be recommended to put some sort of channel into the wall to house the wires before plastering?
Thanks in advance.
Gordon
I have installed a Hollywood type mirror in my bedroom for my wife at a vanity table.
It is wall mounted and requires power for the bulbs and ambient backlight.
There is a socket directly below the location of the mirror which comes directly off the ring main. I installed that myself.
The mirror was supplied with cable and no plug... just bare wire ends.
Initially I tried feeding a spur mains cable up behind the wall; however with lathe and plaster behind the plasterboard it just would not go up. I subsequently cut a channel up the wall whilst removing the lathe plaster during the process.
I have crudely connected the mains cable spur from the socket below to the mirror flex with wago connectors and mounted the mirror on the wall.
I still have to repair the wall.
I want to neaten the whole thing up.
I am looking for suggestions.
When wall mounted as per the pictures... there is not much room behind the mirror i.e. not enough to put a socket and plug behind the mirror and maintain a flush fit to the wall. Whilst not 100% on this... I think it will be the case and will confirm when I remove it from the wall.
I wish to be able to remove the mirror if required. At present I have to switch off the power at the consumer unit as I have to break the connection at the Wago connectors and therefore exposing mains wiring. I want the removal to be easier than having to do this.
Is my only option to put a mains socket further up the wall as a spur from the double socket below?
Also if the wall is to be repaired with plaster would it be recommended to put some sort of channel into the wall to house the wires before plastering?
Thanks in advance.
Gordon
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