Hi, I'm after advice on installing a 3-gang light switch.
Currently I have a 2-gang switch, with 1-gang switching an outside 150W PIR operated halogen floodlight and the other gang switching two interior 60W ceiling light fittings.
I want to replace the two interior fittings with halogen spotlight fittings (one with three bulbs and the other with four) and then add another switch for two low voltage cupboard lights.
So the new switch will be 3 gang with one 150W exterior spotlight, two halogen interior spotlights and two low voltage cupbaord lights.
What is the maximum load I can have off one switch? The current two gang switch has one live feed (goes to common, then short link bridges to other comm) and then two switched lives (presumably, they are not tagged) going off to the fittings.
Do I need to add live feeds (one for each gang) to ensure I'm not overloading the single live feed?
Any advice would be gratefully received, thanks!
Currently I have a 2-gang switch, with 1-gang switching an outside 150W PIR operated halogen floodlight and the other gang switching two interior 60W ceiling light fittings.
I want to replace the two interior fittings with halogen spotlight fittings (one with three bulbs and the other with four) and then add another switch for two low voltage cupboard lights.
So the new switch will be 3 gang with one 150W exterior spotlight, two halogen interior spotlights and two low voltage cupbaord lights.
What is the maximum load I can have off one switch? The current two gang switch has one live feed (goes to common, then short link bridges to other comm) and then two switched lives (presumably, they are not tagged) going off to the fittings.
Do I need to add live feeds (one for each gang) to ensure I'm not overloading the single live feed?
Any advice would be gratefully received, thanks!