New light position

[seasickstevie]

Want to remove centre pendant and install downlights spaced around the room.

In the past, we would have simply JB'd at the ceiling rose position, fished cables across & plastered the hole.

Cables won't reach any new positions, and can't encase JB's no more!

I beg for an solution.

 

[SeanT]

Surely one of the cables from the fitting must reach one of the new light positions (cf. evenly spaced), even if (two way) the other one will only reach a different one - just have to pull three core and earth between these two then and then rod out for the others... or have I missed something?

 

[seasickstevie]

unfortunately not so.

A plan of the room with the light switch & feed at 12 O'clock position. Both cables running directly to the centre.

Two new light positions. One at 3 O'clock, a second at 9 O'clock.

 

[SeanT]

You sure that's going to give enough light anyway? I assume it's a flat or something and that there's no access from above?

 

[seasickstevie]

Actualy it's a tiny kitchen.

Decided to leave centre position for 3rd light & solve problem.

Thanks anyway Sean

 

[Adam_151]

can't encase JB's no more!

anymore?... I wasn't aware that you ever could use inacessable screwed connections, of course people who were ignorant of the regulations just did it anyway!

Oh, and perhaps under a floor is less accessible than it once was, these days people might laminate over it!, wheres a couple of decades ago the only thing over the top might be a carpet that could easily be lifted (still not totally accessable, but better than below laminate!)