Kitchen cabinet lights, need to pick a electricians brains.?

[toneekc]

I'm I right in saying I can take a live feed from a plug socket to a switch then take a wire from the switch to the lights to turn them on and off or; do you have to take a feed from the lighting.

If so what equipment will I need.

Thanks

 

[riveralt]

I'm I right in saying I can take a live feed from a plug socket to a switch then take a wire from the switch to the lights to turn them on and off or; do you have to take a feed from the lighting.

If so what equipment will I need.

Thanks

You cannot take a 'live feed' from a socket to a switch and then directly to a light.
Provided the socket is not a spur you can take a 2.5mm2 T&E live, neutral and earth from the socket into a say 3Amp Switched fused connection unit and the run 1mm2 T&E live, neutral and earth to your lamps.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You're required to apply to the council for Building Regulations approval before you start, and when you do you'll have to say how you plan to comply with Part P:



I have to say that the level of knowledge and experience your post indicates does not seem enough.

Please skill-up, or get an electrician.

• http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=electrical+circuits+101
  
  
• http://kevinboone.net/electricity.html
  
  
• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/domesticinstallations.html
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:books
  
  
• //www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics
  
  

 

[toneekc]

I'm I right in saying I can take a live feed from a plug socket to a switch then take a wire from the switch to the lights to turn them on and off or; do you have to take a feed from the lighting.

If so what equipment will I need.

Thanks

You cannot take a 'live feed' from a socket to a switch and then directly to a light.
Provided the socket is not a spur you can take a 2.5mm2 T&E live, neutral and earth from the socket into a say 3Amp Switched fused connection unit and the run 1mm2 T&E live, neutral and earth to your lamps.

Thanks Riveralt
a) For answering the question and
b) For taking the time to explain what I can do.
Your an assist to any forum; not like some of the demigods we have hanging around.

THANKS ONCE AGAIN

T

 

[EFLImpudence]

demigod

definition:
(in ancient stories) a being who is partly human and partly a god.

Hardly an insult.

 

[toneekc]

demigod

definition:
(in ancient stories) a being who is partly human and partly a god.

Hardly an insult.

"Madam dose protest to much"

 

[EFLImpudence]

"Madam dose protest to much"

 

[Taylortwocities]

demigods

Some say he never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves...


All we know is that he is called B-A-S