Hello everyone,
In my house for some reason the intruder alarm has been wired to the same MCB as the lighting circuits even though the dist. board is 8 way and has a spare way.
This is annoying in a couple of ways, first whenever i want to modify the lighting -eg i am in the process of fitting some recessed spotlights (in parallel off existing ceiling rose) and i want to isolate the lighting circuit it switches the mains power to the intruder alarm off too and with it having a knackered battery backup the alarm goes off within about 20 seconds. So i work through the noise or get a new battery -or perhaps put the alarm onto its own breaker?
It would be better if the alarm was on its own breaker but my question is: how would i do this? and is it reasonably straight forward?
Look forward to receiving your responses. Many thanks.
Matt
In my house for some reason the intruder alarm has been wired to the same MCB as the lighting circuits even though the dist. board is 8 way and has a spare way.
This is annoying in a couple of ways, first whenever i want to modify the lighting -eg i am in the process of fitting some recessed spotlights (in parallel off existing ceiling rose) and i want to isolate the lighting circuit it switches the mains power to the intruder alarm off too and with it having a knackered battery backup the alarm goes off within about 20 seconds. So i work through the noise or get a new battery -or perhaps put the alarm onto its own breaker?
It would be better if the alarm was on its own breaker but my question is: how would i do this? and is it reasonably straight forward?
Look forward to receiving your responses. Many thanks.
Matt