adding a new light to cupboard under stairs

steven · 20 Jan 2003

Help.
I have located existing junction box, do i run cable from junction box to new ceiling rose..then a further cable from rose to switch. If this is the case...why doesnt the rose have any terninals in it ?? Have i gone mad.

alexnic · 20 Jan 2003

If you can pick up a live / Nuetral & Earth from the junction box then ..Yes, you can run them to the ceiling rose then a cable down to the switch.
Re: 'no terminals in rose' ... buy one with the loop-in connector

steven · 20 Jan 2003

alexnic said:
If you can pick up a live / Nuetral & Earth from the junction box then ..Yes, you can run them to the ceiling rose then a cable down to the switch.
Re: 'no terminals in rose' ... buy one with the loop-in connector

Thanks Alexnic, that explains everything !
I wasnt aware I could get hold of a Different rose. The expert electrician in the local suppliers didn't share that with me. He told me to wire from the junction box to the switch...then from the switch to the ceiling rose !!

amtodd · 20 Jan 2003

Count yourself lucky he told you anything. Some trade suppliers will now only sell members of the public what they ask for, but will not give advice in case they sue when they misunderstand the details and end up electrocuting themselves.

steven · 20 Jan 2003

amtodd said:
Count yourself lucky he told you anything. Some trade suppliers will now only sell members of the public what they ask for, but will not give advice in case they sue when they misunderstand the details and end up electrocuting themselves.

Very funny. Will e - mail you from hospital ! (maybe he didnt like me)

alexnic · 20 Jan 2003

Re: 'The expert electrician in the local suppliers didn't share that with me. He told me to wire from the junction box to the switch...then from the switch to the ceiling rose !!'

That is an option and if the junction box is nearer to the switch then it would be easier. If you go for this then it will be a nuetral joint behind the switch (2-blacks connected via a 5-amp connector block) and there would be no need for the loop-in connector on the ceiling rose! ...your choice!

steven · 20 Jan 2003

Thanks for eveyones help.What a web site...fantastic. Job done...not electrocuted, & the good wife has no excuse for not being able to find the vacuum cleaner now !
Thank you again.

breezer · 20 Jan 2003

you could always use a switch that turns on the light when the door is open

see http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=030120223638726&moduleno=25039&modulecode=

Graeme · 25 Jan 2003

An impressive idea (the posted link) Breezer, just what I need for a future project. Just ordered it, thanks alot

Graeme · 29 Jan 2003

Regarding the above I have now recieved the 2amp, 250v 60w switch and
there are are only connections for live and neutral so no earth can be used. It is a long way to the nearest light switch but there is a single socket just outside the cuboard door, I am intending powering the bulkhead light through this by using a fused spur wired into the socket. All seems well but I am concerned with the '2amp' tag on the switch....it came with no instructions!!!!. Can I safely do what I intend?.

breezer · 29 Jan 2003

Yes, you can, but you do not connect a neutarl or earth to it, you "split" the live so that one side comes from the spur the other side goes to the lamp

Graeme · 29 Jan 2003

....and the neutral & earth goes straight from the spur to the light. Brilliant, thanks alot Breezer (again!), hope I can return the favour and help you out one day, cheers.

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