Best way to wire plinth and kitchen cabinet lights

[Corky74]

I'm wanting to to add plinth and under kitchen cabinet lighting to a kitchen ,I'm wanting to come off the kitchen light switch to power and control them both ,what's the best way to do this, the plinth lights are led and have a transformer. cheers

 

[ricicle]

Depending on the wiring method of your house there may not be a neutral at the light switch which is required for the lights to work.
In that case you will need to find the permanent L and N for the lighting in the floor void above and find a route down to the plinth along with any switching requirements.

 

[EFLImpudence]

It will require a cable from (normally) the ceiling rose to both the new lighting and the switch position. Quite a lot of work if the kitchen is being refurbished and probably impossible if the kitchen is not.

More usual would be to take the supply for the new lighting from a kitchen socket through a Switched, Fused Connection Unit.

Also, I have fitted laminate splashback with adhesive. I prefer original Gripfill, never used Pink. It turned out very well.

 

[jaysean1]

I refited my kitchen a few years ago,we have one centre lgt plinth lgts (not yet fitted) and under cupboard lgts.

The 3 sets of lgts are fed from a 3gang switch, where I have the Live and Neutral in and then the Live and neutral out to the 3 sets of lgts

 

[Corky74]

Depending on the wiring method of your house there may not be a neutral at the light switch which is required for the lights to work.
In that case you will need to find the permanent L and N for the lighting in the floor void above and find a route down to the plinth along with any switching requirements.

Hi the house was built in 1998 I think so the wiring should be fairly up to date

 

[Corky74]

Depending on the wiring method of your house there may not be a neutral at the light switch which is required for the lights to work.
In that case you will need to find the permanent L and N for the lighting in the floor void above and find a route down to the plinth along with any switching requirements.

So if the kitchen light switch has a neutral then it should be able to work the new lights?

 

[ricicle]

So if the kitchen light switch has a neutral then it should be able to work the new lights?

Yes - but you will obviously need an extra switch on the plate and loop the L feed to the new switch. The neutrals need to be joined through.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Post a photo of the wiring behind your switch. We can soon tell you the news.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I refited my kitchen a few years ago,we have one centre lgt plinth lgts (not yet fitted) and under cupboard lgts.

The 3 sets of lgts are fed from a 3gang switch, where I have the Live and Neutral in and then the Live and neutral out to the 3 sets of lgts

That's not 5 unrelated typos - you did that on purpose.

Please stop.

 

[jaysean1]

thought I was still at work typing out test forms

 

[Corky74]

I've looked behind kitchen light switch and there is a red wire in common and a black wire with small red sleeve over part of it connected to 2 way and an earth ..so no neutral so that's the end of coming off the main kitchen light switch I think.... If so I'm going to come off a socket with a 3amp spur , all my kitchen appliance sockets already have spurs on them apart from one ,this was fitted around 6 years ago by a gas fitter,when he took out my control unit for heating, he replaced it with a socket rather than close it up, it has 2 red together in one connection and 2 black together also an earth ,so would I be able swap it for a spur and run the plinth lights from that via a new light switch,I never use the socket at all as I've got plently of others so I would not mind losing it as a socket