Hall Wall Lights

[unlucky]

Is this an acceptable layout for wiring my two wall lights in the hall. I was more interested in the link between the two lights and if this would be identified as a safe zone to run the cable in?

Sorry the image is a bit small!!

Thanks in advance.

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[ColJack]

don't use the img tags, click under the reply window where it says "show my images" and then just click on the picture you want to insert..

anyway, can't see clearly from the picture but you just want another light to come on with the existing one?

you just use the neutral andswitched live ( and earth ) from the existing light to the new one..

if it stays on then you got the wrong live..

 

[unlucky]

don't use the img tags, click under the reply window where it says "show my images" and then just click on the picture you want to insert...

Thanks for the advice...

anyway, can't see clearly from the picture but you just want another light to come on with the existing one?

Yes thats right...

you just use the neutral andswitched live ( and earth ) from the existing light to the new one..

Thats what the image is attempting to show!! I was more concerned about the way to run the cables between the two lights than which ones...Is it OK to run from one to the other and would this be classified as a safe zone because they are on the same line?

Or would I need to go back up into the ceiling space across the distance between the two lights and then back down?

if it stays on then you got the wrong live..

Always a good indication!!

 

[333rocky333]

here you go

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[ColJack]

yes straight horizontal from one to the other is allowed..

 

[Taylortwocities]

yes straight horizontal from one to the other is allowed..

On the same wall...

 

[conny]

However, the switch is to the right but lower down, this wiring would not be in a safe zone.
Can you not move the switch so it is in a vertical line with the RHS light and incoming supply?

 

[ColJack]

yes straight horizontal from one to the other is allowed..

On the same wall...

or adjacent walls if you want to get picky as the "safe zone" from each item extends to the corner where the walls meet so the cable remains in the "safe zone" during it's route..

 

[ColJack]

However, the switch is to the right but lower down, this wiring would not be in a safe zone.
Can you not move the switch so it is in a vertical line with the RHS light and incoming supply?

yes it would.
the switch creates it's own vertical and horizontal zones which intersect the vertical and horizontal zones of the lights..
as long as you don't go diagonal the cable will still be in a safe zone if you route it as shown.

 

[conny]

However, the switch is to the right but lower down, this wiring would not be in a safe zone.
Can you not move the switch so it is in a vertical line with the RHS light and incoming supply?

yes it would.
the switch creates it's own vertical and horizontal zones which intersect the vertical and horizontal zones of the lights..
as long as you don't go diagonal the cable will still be in a safe zone if you route it as shown.

Quite right. Apologies.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is this an acceptable layout for wiring my two wall lights in the hall. I was more interested in the link between the two lights and if this would be identified as a safe zone to run the cable in?

Your album is called "House Re-Wire".

If you're still at the stage of learning things like this then you're still quite some distance away from the stage where you can safely tackle a rewire....

 

[unlucky]

If you're still at the stage of learning things like this then you're still quite some distance away from the stage where you can safely tackle a rewire....

We are all still learning...

If you know everything then you are simply the exception that proves the rule, congrats.

I'm seeking "clarification", I didn't ask a lot of other more obvious questions about it and I believed it would be OK. Better checking than having to change it.

You never asked if there is a better and safer way to do something that you believe is right?

 

[unlucky]

yes it would.
the switch creates it's own vertical and horizontal zones which intersect the vertical and horizontal zones of the lights..
as long as you don't go diagonal the cable will still be in a safe zone if you route it as shown.

Thats as I understood it, for the light switch and safe zones in general. Just wanted to check. Cheers coljack