Hi all,
we are upgrading the lighting in our kitchen, at the moment it has 6 40w(downlighters) which are far too dim (like me)
so I thought I had better check on how many lights I could have on a circuit.
The breaker is 6a for the whole house 7 rooms + bathroom.
the loft bed room has 6 downlighters (40w?)
bedroom 1 1 x 60w
bedroom2 1 x 60w
sitting room 3 x 60w
landing 1 x 60w
hall 2 x 60w
living room 1 x 60w
downstairs 1 x 60w + 1 x 40w downlighter
Dining room 6 x 40w
=940w which seems well in the 1380w for a 6a breaker.
Presuming the switch can cope with the load (its a lightwave rf remote dimmer rated at 3000w) then would there be a problem changing the 6 kitchen downlighters (240w) to say 10 60w bulbs ?
This give a total of 1300w.
to me it seems fairly obvious its ok but always best to check.
Many thanks
we are upgrading the lighting in our kitchen, at the moment it has 6 40w(downlighters) which are far too dim (like me)
so I thought I had better check on how many lights I could have on a circuit.
The breaker is 6a for the whole house 7 rooms + bathroom.
the loft bed room has 6 downlighters (40w?)
bedroom 1 1 x 60w
bedroom2 1 x 60w
sitting room 3 x 60w
landing 1 x 60w
hall 2 x 60w
living room 1 x 60w
downstairs 1 x 60w + 1 x 40w downlighter
Dining room 6 x 40w
=940w which seems well in the 1380w for a 6a breaker.
Presuming the switch can cope with the load (its a lightwave rf remote dimmer rated at 3000w) then would there be a problem changing the 6 kitchen downlighters (240w) to say 10 60w bulbs ?
This give a total of 1300w.
to me it seems fairly obvious its ok but always best to check.
Many thanks