Hi – I'm hoping for some advice please.
Outside my back door is currently a wall-light. There's a double-switch by the back door – one for the interior kitchen light and one for the light outside the back door.
I want to replace the outside light with a new light with a PIR sensor. Easy.
However, what I would also like to do is run a length of cable from that new light to another new PIR light that I want to install a few metres away to also provide lighting to the side of my house for security. Ideally the PIR sensors would work independently. Is this a bad idea or perfectly acceptable?
If this is allowed/possible, then aside from working out the wattage and thus whether I can add the addition load to the circuit, please can you advise if there's anything else that I need to think about? For example, the type of cable I should use bearing in mind it will be open to the elements?
Many thanks in advance.
Outside my back door is currently a wall-light. There's a double-switch by the back door – one for the interior kitchen light and one for the light outside the back door.
I want to replace the outside light with a new light with a PIR sensor. Easy.
However, what I would also like to do is run a length of cable from that new light to another new PIR light that I want to install a few metres away to also provide lighting to the side of my house for security. Ideally the PIR sensors would work independently. Is this a bad idea or perfectly acceptable?
If this is allowed/possible, then aside from working out the wattage and thus whether I can add the addition load to the circuit, please can you advise if there's anything else that I need to think about? For example, the type of cable I should use bearing in mind it will be open to the elements?
Many thanks in advance.