Hi Crafty
Thank you very much for your reply, I must admit I do need educating, you see I have never fitted low voltage lights before.
All I have ever put in a bathroom is one central ceiling light usually 100 watts, 240v because I do like a good light.
I have seen these LV down lights in show homes and thought I would ring the changes, I don’t want any dark areas in the room and I know the lit area from these LV lights is smaller.
I don’t want to get a sun tan from them though LOL, and I don’t mind you putting me right in the least.
The bathroom is 10ft x 9ft, how many lamps and what wattage do you think would do the job.
If you have a look at
Wickes Good Idea Leaflet 89 on their website at diagram C, it shows the wiring coming off a junction box or existing ceiling rose then through a fused connection of 3 amps to a 4 terminal junction box and then onto a switch.
Tell me if I’m wrong but I was thinking maybe I could simply run a feed into fused spur then from there to the transformer and onto the light fittings.
I am thinking they are wired the same as conventional lighting, you know daisy chain.
If you don’t mind sending me a sketch of how it should be wired I’d be most grateful.
Can I ask you, if you know, is it ok to run the feeds for any lighting circiut in the house from light switch to light switch, instead of ceiling rose to ceiling rose, in other words all that would be going to each ceiling light would be a switched live and neutral plus the earth of course. The type of ceiling lights I shall be fitting are the brushed steel ones and I'm not sure if they have provision for a loop in system, and I have seen the neutral wires connected with a nylon connector in the switches, it doesn't say much in the regs about where the feeds should be looped.
Hope you don’t mind me asking but are you a sparky by any chance or do you just get your girlfriend or wife to read the wiring regulations gently to you in bed at night.
Nah you must be the former and thanks once again for your help.