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FWL_Engineer, He did say tat I could open the transformer, and site it in a box, that's what I'm doing, He also said that the installation guys have done it the other way as well, hence the quote "It's not a bodge, It's a way round the problem" If I wasn't taking anyones advise, why am I...

The guy on the phone said he wasn't a sparky, just that thats what their installation people were doing. I'm glad i'm doing it myself!

Finally, I've got the answer, I've taken the transformer out of the plug and put it into a standard transformer box, then I can wire it into the lighting circuit as normal. I got a reply from the makers, They said that they didn't do in-line transformers and that I could put a...

doe's anyone know how to wire a tokamak-type nuclear fusion reactor in. FWL_engineer, any suggestions :lol:

I wouldn't need the LEDs then, the reactor would emit a lovely green glow............now there's an idea!!!!!

Cheers :D didn't know if they were anything special or not

Cheers, I thought it'd be ok but I wanted to double check. Its the appliance that dictates the current, correct? Do you know what a "Toroidal" transformer is, they keep on popping up on searches (aren't they something to do with bells?)

FWL_Engineer, this is one thing that always confuses me, You state that the 12V dc output is rated at 1A (12W). Is that what the transformer will kick out, or it it the maximum that is can kick out? The one that was supplied is 12V 6W so wouldn't the one you suggest be too powerful and...

It doesn't specify It says Output 12V 6W on the transformer, i'm assuming that because its for LED's that its DC but Ive e-mailed the makers to see if they do an in-line transformer, but I doubt they'll be any help. They dont like it when you start fiddling around with their products!

Cheers Plugwash, Those module units look ideal, its a shame I didn't know about them 3 months ago when I put in the rest of the electrics!! Thanks for your help

I have wired up lights etc. in several rooms with help from a very experienced friend, and wiring these lights would be easy if it wasn't for two factors - 1. I didnt want to knock out any more holes in walls 2. The so**ing lights can with a 3 pin transformer and not an in line one...

so your suggesting that I wire all the lights i.e. main and decorative to a ring main and not the lighting circuit! You're a Genius, never thought of that!. :D The entire house is protected with a consumer unit so I wan't too worried about short's etc Had to upgrade electrics, It...

Isnt the back box just a means of securing the switch plates? surely its just the same as having two back boxes side by side so that the two separate switch plates are side by side

why not?

Quick question, Can I use a double backbox, with two separate switch plates attached, a light switch, and a fused switch. All I have to do then is make the existing hole in the wall bigger. The light switch will be fed from the lighting circuit, and the separate fused switch from the...

I am using them for decorative use, not as a main lighting source. They dont emit enough light to be used on there own, they just look nice.

The transformer came with the lights from micromark, they are LED lights, very low voltage, suitable for exterior decking, you can plug up to 18 of these lights on one tranformer, I'm only using 6 here are the details

OK, confused, I still need to plug the transormer into a 3 pin socket, its one of these block transforer jobs, so your saying that I can wire the socket to a Ring main, and use a light switch to operate it, correct??? Maybe I got the terminology wrong, the switch plate I want to use has two...

I may be not all that hot on wiring, but i do know that water and electricity dont mix. There is amout 15m of cable on these light so the socket is under the floorboards well away from the bathroom, as are the JB's in the loft. The lights are completely sealed units and only these lights...

When i said about using the live wire, i meant using it connecting it to 'com' on both sides of a two way switch then connecting neutrals together and both earths to the metal casing in the wall