Hi,
I'm looking for some advice on installing LED strip lights above and below some cabinets and bookcases in my living room.
Once installed, I'll have a run of ikea besta cabinets, wall mounted, about 15cm off floor level, and another set of cabinets about 20cm below the ceiling level. TV is wall mounted in between. I'll also have a third set at the opposite corner of the room forming a set of bookcases.
I want to have 4 sets of LED lights, one below the bottom cabinets, one above the upper cabinets, one behind the TV and one above the bookcases.
Looking for advice on how to safely install cables. At the moment we've moved out of the property (a new build) because of issues with floors and joists, so the ceilings have all been pulled down by the developer so I have a window where I can easily run cable in the ceiling cavity.
My plan was:
1) There's a double socket that will be inside the bottom cabinets once installed. One of these sockets I'll use a 6 gang extension to power the TV, media PC, music amp etc (that are all housed in these cabinets). The other socket I was planning on installing this power supply to drive all 4 LED strips (which are 12V DC, 9.6 watts per meter):
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/le...-well-100-watt-led-driver-12v-ip67-lpv-100-12
The total length of the LED strips is 9m, and it's rated at 9.6 watts per meter so this seems to be a safe choice.
2) Coming off this I'd use the following Z-wave switch so that I can control the 4 LED strips independently
http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-fib...=a6976d84f3ed41006dffad179bb809da&fo_s=gplauk
Each of the 4 channels will handle 6A indpendently, and the unit will handle 12A in total. The maximum length of the 4 LED strips is 2.4 meters, and total length is 9 meters so I'm within both of these limits (12V, 9.6 watts per meter = 0.8 A per meter).
3) I've bought 1.5mm twin and earth to run the 12V power from this to the three strips that are close to the switch. These runs will all be short so the voltage drop is minimal. I've also bought 14 meters of 4mm twin and earth to span from the Z-wave switch, across to the bookcase in the opposite corner. Plan was to
What I need some advice on is:
A) How to connect the LED driver into the mains. It's an "in line" unit, so is it OK to just fit a plug and use the existing sockets, or do I need to add a switched fused spur (and if so, how do I get the cable out from behind the cover on the spur and into the cupboard?)
B) The walls are dot and dab, and seem to have plenty of room for fishing cable behind (I've already installed some brush wallplates and fished HDMI, Cat 6 and speaker cable behind the walls where needed). But is it safe, and compliant with building regs to do the same for the 12V cable used to power the LED strips? Horizontal runs would be within the cabinets, but I need to pass cable vertically behind the plasterboard to avoid it being visible.
Likewise, in order to reach the bookcase in the opposite corner I need to run the 4mm2 twin and earth across the ceiling cavity. There's already a lot of power cable running up there, and the joists are pre-drilled, so this seems simple enough.
The existing switches are fed by running cable along the ceiling and down behind the dot-and-dab, so I'd largely just be reversing this, running my new cable adjacent to the existing cables. I'd need to come back down the wall behind the bookcase, but only for 20cm or so, and there's another socket behind the bookcase so I'd be running my cable down adjacent to existing 240V cable.
Everything makes sense in my head - but my main worry is doing something that my plan breaks building regs? I've got limited time before the builders are ready to reboard the ceilings - so if someone would be kind enough to give me some advice I'd be very greatful.
Many thanks.
I'm looking for some advice on installing LED strip lights above and below some cabinets and bookcases in my living room.
Once installed, I'll have a run of ikea besta cabinets, wall mounted, about 15cm off floor level, and another set of cabinets about 20cm below the ceiling level. TV is wall mounted in between. I'll also have a third set at the opposite corner of the room forming a set of bookcases.
I want to have 4 sets of LED lights, one below the bottom cabinets, one above the upper cabinets, one behind the TV and one above the bookcases.
Looking for advice on how to safely install cables. At the moment we've moved out of the property (a new build) because of issues with floors and joists, so the ceilings have all been pulled down by the developer so I have a window where I can easily run cable in the ceiling cavity.
My plan was:
1) There's a double socket that will be inside the bottom cabinets once installed. One of these sockets I'll use a 6 gang extension to power the TV, media PC, music amp etc (that are all housed in these cabinets). The other socket I was planning on installing this power supply to drive all 4 LED strips (which are 12V DC, 9.6 watts per meter):
https://www.led-lighthouse.co.uk/le...-well-100-watt-led-driver-12v-ip67-lpv-100-12
The total length of the LED strips is 9m, and it's rated at 9.6 watts per meter so this seems to be a safe choice.
2) Coming off this I'd use the following Z-wave switch so that I can control the 4 LED strips independently
http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-fib...=a6976d84f3ed41006dffad179bb809da&fo_s=gplauk
Each of the 4 channels will handle 6A indpendently, and the unit will handle 12A in total. The maximum length of the 4 LED strips is 2.4 meters, and total length is 9 meters so I'm within both of these limits (12V, 9.6 watts per meter = 0.8 A per meter).
3) I've bought 1.5mm twin and earth to run the 12V power from this to the three strips that are close to the switch. These runs will all be short so the voltage drop is minimal. I've also bought 14 meters of 4mm twin and earth to span from the Z-wave switch, across to the bookcase in the opposite corner. Plan was to
What I need some advice on is:
A) How to connect the LED driver into the mains. It's an "in line" unit, so is it OK to just fit a plug and use the existing sockets, or do I need to add a switched fused spur (and if so, how do I get the cable out from behind the cover on the spur and into the cupboard?)
B) The walls are dot and dab, and seem to have plenty of room for fishing cable behind (I've already installed some brush wallplates and fished HDMI, Cat 6 and speaker cable behind the walls where needed). But is it safe, and compliant with building regs to do the same for the 12V cable used to power the LED strips? Horizontal runs would be within the cabinets, but I need to pass cable vertically behind the plasterboard to avoid it being visible.
Likewise, in order to reach the bookcase in the opposite corner I need to run the 4mm2 twin and earth across the ceiling cavity. There's already a lot of power cable running up there, and the joists are pre-drilled, so this seems simple enough.
The existing switches are fed by running cable along the ceiling and down behind the dot-and-dab, so I'd largely just be reversing this, running my new cable adjacent to the existing cables. I'd need to come back down the wall behind the bookcase, but only for 20cm or so, and there's another socket behind the bookcase so I'd be running my cable down adjacent to existing 240V cable.
Everything makes sense in my head - but my main worry is doing something that my plan breaks building regs? I've got limited time before the builders are ready to reboard the ceilings - so if someone would be kind enough to give me some advice I'd be very greatful.
Many thanks.