Hi,
I have knocked the dining room / kitchen through and was adding some more sockets to supply dishwasher, new fridge location etc.etc.
House is 1990's and only has one ring main for the whole house, as i have the kitchen ceiling down to fit spotlights, I decided to run a fresh 'kitchen' ring main in so my questions are :-
i) Would it be preferable to pull the cables up from all the existing sockets in the kitchen and blue crimp them together within the ceiling cavity, then run my fresh wires to the sockets. (two of the low level sockets are well away from the others and i was 50/50 about leaving them on the other ring)
ii) There are loads of electrical suppliers in my area but non of them have blue crimps and suggest junction boxes, not possible as they will be behind an unaccesible ceiling, am i right in thinking these crimps are exactly the same as used in the automotive indusrty? If so i have loads and the crimps to match.
iii) I have 3 sets of outdoor lights and the 5 core armourmed terminates in the kitchen, is it better practice to run a seperate 1.5mm cable direct from the fuse box to cover these lights or tap into the nearest ceiling rose? the lights will be mains running 2 sets of led's and 1 mains outdoor lampost. ( I will have them running to a 3 gang light switch)
Best Regards,
I have knocked the dining room / kitchen through and was adding some more sockets to supply dishwasher, new fridge location etc.etc.
House is 1990's and only has one ring main for the whole house, as i have the kitchen ceiling down to fit spotlights, I decided to run a fresh 'kitchen' ring main in so my questions are :-
i) Would it be preferable to pull the cables up from all the existing sockets in the kitchen and blue crimp them together within the ceiling cavity, then run my fresh wires to the sockets. (two of the low level sockets are well away from the others and i was 50/50 about leaving them on the other ring)
ii) There are loads of electrical suppliers in my area but non of them have blue crimps and suggest junction boxes, not possible as they will be behind an unaccesible ceiling, am i right in thinking these crimps are exactly the same as used in the automotive indusrty? If so i have loads and the crimps to match.
iii) I have 3 sets of outdoor lights and the 5 core armourmed terminates in the kitchen, is it better practice to run a seperate 1.5mm cable direct from the fuse box to cover these lights or tap into the nearest ceiling rose? the lights will be mains running 2 sets of led's and 1 mains outdoor lampost. ( I will have them running to a 3 gang light switch)
Best Regards,