I'm just about to install an intruder alarm and the easiest option for the mains supply is the lighting circuit to the understairs cupboard where the panel is to be located. Socket ring and radial pass through the cupboard but I prefer the cleaner supply of the lighting circuit and is easier to identify.
At the moment the light has the following cables to the batten holder (ceiling rose type):
Supply in from CU
Supply loop out to next light
Switch leg
Supply to bell transformer
Single red to live - presumably for the two-way lighting on the stairs.
Obviously, with all these cables it is a bit of a squeeze to fit another so I have thought that I would do the following
Remove supply in from CU and supply loop out and single red live feed to a 10A junction box.
Connect new feed to understairs cupboard light to junction box
Connect feed to bell transformer to junction box
Connect new feed to intruder alarm via fused connection to the batten lampholder
Any comment would be appreciated.
At the moment the light has the following cables to the batten holder (ceiling rose type):
Supply in from CU
Supply loop out to next light
Switch leg
Supply to bell transformer
Single red to live - presumably for the two-way lighting on the stairs.
Obviously, with all these cables it is a bit of a squeeze to fit another so I have thought that I would do the following
Remove supply in from CU and supply loop out and single red live feed to a 10A junction box.
Connect new feed to understairs cupboard light to junction box
Connect feed to bell transformer to junction box
Connect new feed to intruder alarm via fused connection to the batten lampholder
Any comment would be appreciated.