What is actually preventing you getting the floorboard up in your son's room, without sounding awkward?
What is actually preventing you getting the floorboard up in your son's room, without sounding awkward?
It's tricky not actually being there, because we can usually find some way of getting over the problem.
Maybe you can access these wires from another area under the floor, and somehow 'cut out' the junction box section, and extend the good wiring accordingly.
But that may be difficult, particularly if access is difficult.
You can of course 'borrow' a neutral from another light - no problem with that, and keep the existing live.
The only concern is what may be a loose neutral floating around in that jb, but we can't check it.
What sort of "nice thin 1mm white wire" were you thinking of using?I'll take your advice and borrow a neutral from the porch light. .... A nice thin 1mm white wire will hardly be visible on the coving.
What sort of "nice thin 1mm white wire" were you thinking of using?
Kind Regards, John
With the floorboard you said you lifted up above the light, can you not fish a cable under the floor from a convenient light?
You may as well use regular 1.0 mm2 T+E, it's only fractionally bigger than 1core+E, or sheathed single core cable - both of which is hard to get off the shelf in some parts of the UK.
From that ebay entry: Suitable for 12v and 24v systems (Maximum voltage 60v)Afraid there are no convenient access points that can get to the junction box from below or above as there are narrow joists that block access.
Would this work for the borrowed neutral?:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1mm-THIN...-/202862982996?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
Obviously I want it as nondescript as possible to save me channelling the ceiling. If it can be quietly tucked into the corner that would be a huge advantage.
All true, but I think that the OP would struggle to find even 1.0mm T+E (or either of the other two) from standard suppliers in white any more - although there may well be some on eBay etc.You may as well use regular 1.0 mm2 T+E, it's only fractionally bigger than 1core+E, or sheathed single core cable - both of which is hard to get off the shelf in some parts of the UK.
Or apply white paint.All true, but I think that the OP would struggle to find even 1.0mm T+E (or either of the other two) from standard suppliers in white any more - although there may well be some on eBay etc.
If it's not too long a length, the OP could put white heat shrink over grey T+E. I've done similar in my time for quite appreciable lengths of cable.
Kind Regards, John
Yep, that would be fine.Thanks guys. I'll take your advice and paint the wire white. Seeing as that frees me up for product choice, will this do?:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Twin-and...219872?hash=item5b83bce9e0:g:C7sAAOSwK8Nf02TY
They do 1mm single core blue cable for a couple of quid.
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