Installing light in downstairs toilet

[eds_taff]

Gone one better, I pulled the ceiling down to get a good look around and there is nowt up there. Apart from a few dozen spiders and wotnot.

 

[plugwash]

Generally if putting lights on a socket circuit the best option is to use the FCU as the lightswitch. This makes it more obvious that the light isn't on the lighting circuit.

Obviously you can't do that if using a pull cord but you can at least put the FCU near the body of the pull cord switch.

 

[eds_taff]

Did not think of doing that. That is a good idea, at least anyone going there in the future will know whats what.

Thanks plug.

 

[kevnurse]

I'm probably going to be controversial, but why should an FCU be fitted for a simple single lamp circuit, that is going to be live for only a few minutes at a time?

I would would just fit a 1mm cable to the back of any nearby socket. Its no different to extending a lighting circuit at a junction box above the ceiling.

 

[ColJack]

GET OUT!!! and don't darken the electrical forum again until you have qualified and gained some common sense...


if you put 1mm cable into the back of the nearest socket, then you have a cable that can only safely take about 11A - 16A ( depending on installation method and de-rating factors.. ), that is on a circuit that can supply 32A without tripping..

that's double the max of the cable and a fault at the light fitting will melt the cable and possibly start a fire...