Lighting - one switch & several lights
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breezer
as gees says they all need to be in paralell only lights on christmas trees are in series (and you know what happens if you take one of them out)
From the way the question is worded ie 'each light from a junction box'or 'linking each light in series terminating at the last light' suggests some clarification is needed.
It's not clear if the word 'series' was meant indicate how the lights are wired.
You do not need to run seperate cables from a junction box.and yes you can 'link' each light in what you may think is series terminating at the last light.ie one light after another, but not wired in series
If you made series connections the voltage across each light would be 240 volts divided by the no of lights. say 20 lights each would having 12 volts,
thought I'd just clarify in case of any misunderstanding.
It's not clear if the word 'series' was meant indicate how the lights are wired.
You do not need to run seperate cables from a junction box.and yes you can 'link' each light in what you may think is series terminating at the last light.ie one light after another, but not wired in series
If you made series connections the voltage across each light would be 240 volts divided by the no of lights. say 20 lights each would having 12 volts,
thought I'd just clarify in case of any misunderstanding.
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Right, so let me get this straight...i can run a cable from the junction box/ceiling rose to the 1st light as normal, then run a cable from the first light to the 2nd light, and then from the 2nd light to the 3rd and then just stop at the 3rd?
I wasn't sure if i could do the above or had to run a separate cable from the JB to the 1st light, then another separate cable from the JB to the 2nd, and so on...
I wasn't sure if i could do the above or had to run a separate cable from the JB to the 1st light, then another separate cable from the JB to the 2nd, and so on...
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breezer
so long as you connect each light colour to colour then yes you can
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