Hi,
I'm in the process of re-wiring my house, I'm going to have everything checked by a qualified electrician before I turn things on, but I'd like to get it right first time if I can and I have a few questions about how I should add external lights.
I'm planning to add two external security lights outside the front door. The plan will be to wire these to a 3 gang two way switch, where two of the switches control the stair lights, and the third the outside lights.
From reading these forums, I'm planning to run the outside lighting from a 6A MCB on the RCD side of the CU. Is this the right way to do this? Do I need any other kind of protection on the circuit?
There will only be .5m or so of cable outside the house, but I'm guessing I still need to use external cable. Can anyone recommend what I need to be looking for, can I just walk into an electronics shop and ask for a couple of meters of 1mm external lighting cable?
Finally, am I safe to mix internal & external lighting in one switch, and can this be a standard switch? I was hoping to use http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=18263&id=19422.
many thanks,
Ross
I'm in the process of re-wiring my house, I'm going to have everything checked by a qualified electrician before I turn things on, but I'd like to get it right first time if I can and I have a few questions about how I should add external lights.
I'm planning to add two external security lights outside the front door. The plan will be to wire these to a 3 gang two way switch, where two of the switches control the stair lights, and the third the outside lights.
From reading these forums, I'm planning to run the outside lighting from a 6A MCB on the RCD side of the CU. Is this the right way to do this? Do I need any other kind of protection on the circuit?
There will only be .5m or so of cable outside the house, but I'm guessing I still need to use external cable. Can anyone recommend what I need to be looking for, can I just walk into an electronics shop and ask for a couple of meters of 1mm external lighting cable?
Finally, am I safe to mix internal & external lighting in one switch, and can this be a standard switch? I was hoping to use http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=18263&id=19422.
many thanks,
Ross