Hi folks,
Is adding extra switches to ceiling lights a notifiable change?
I currently installing a wired alarm in my new house and would like to use the function that operates a relay on an alarm to turn on a couple of lights in the house. This will enable the security camera to take better images than otherwise can be taken in the dark.
Now that I've ripped up the knackered laminate flooring and have the floor boards up and the loft is accessible, I'd like to add extra switch cables to a couple of the house lights and run them to a din rail relay box and use the alarm relay to drive a couple of relays to turn on the lights upon alarm.
I'd do this by adding a cable to the ceiling rose(in parallel with the existing switch) and connect it to its own individual relay contact in the relay box. The 12V coil \mains voltage contact light relays would be driven from the alarm relay contact closure.
Would these extra switch cables be a notifiable change? I have read that extra switches can be added without notification, but I can't find the reference now.
Also, there are some light junction boxes under the floor boards, I've read that this is a no no, would it be best to replace these with maintenance free(or new cable runs) while the floor boards are up?
Thanks for any help!
Is adding extra switches to ceiling lights a notifiable change?
I currently installing a wired alarm in my new house and would like to use the function that operates a relay on an alarm to turn on a couple of lights in the house. This will enable the security camera to take better images than otherwise can be taken in the dark.
Now that I've ripped up the knackered laminate flooring and have the floor boards up and the loft is accessible, I'd like to add extra switch cables to a couple of the house lights and run them to a din rail relay box and use the alarm relay to drive a couple of relays to turn on the lights upon alarm.
I'd do this by adding a cable to the ceiling rose(in parallel with the existing switch) and connect it to its own individual relay contact in the relay box. The 12V coil \mains voltage contact light relays would be driven from the alarm relay contact closure.
Would these extra switch cables be a notifiable change? I have read that extra switches can be added without notification, but I can't find the reference now.
Also, there are some light junction boxes under the floor boards, I've read that this is a no no, would it be best to replace these with maintenance free(or new cable runs) while the floor boards are up?
Thanks for any help!