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Hi all,
My house is currently stripped for a renovation and I want to use the opportunity to run cable to windows and external doors to then use reed switches. The cable will go back to the under stairs and connect to an ESP-32 unit to process the state of the reed switches. The ESP runs on and provides 3.3v.
To minimize cable runs to/from the under stairs, I want to connect reed switches in the same room in series and have one 'room' cable back to the under stairs.
I have some 75mm 2-core flex for the run to the room from the under stairs, but am not sure what to use to jump from switch to switch. I only need one core for this.
What would be an appropriate cable to use, can I just take the brown core out of the 2-core flex? I want to run it under floorboards and up/down stud walls that will be plasterboarded so it will be hidden. Is this within regulations?
Similarly, what junction box can I use to make the connection to/from to the 2-core at the start/end of the room loop? Again something that I can safely (and legally!) attach to the side of a joist and have hidden
Many thanks for your help!
My house is currently stripped for a renovation and I want to use the opportunity to run cable to windows and external doors to then use reed switches. The cable will go back to the under stairs and connect to an ESP-32 unit to process the state of the reed switches. The ESP runs on and provides 3.3v.
To minimize cable runs to/from the under stairs, I want to connect reed switches in the same room in series and have one 'room' cable back to the under stairs.
I have some 75mm 2-core flex for the run to the room from the under stairs, but am not sure what to use to jump from switch to switch. I only need one core for this.
What would be an appropriate cable to use, can I just take the brown core out of the 2-core flex? I want to run it under floorboards and up/down stud walls that will be plasterboarded so it will be hidden. Is this within regulations?
Similarly, what junction box can I use to make the connection to/from to the 2-core at the start/end of the room loop? Again something that I can safely (and legally!) attach to the side of a joist and have hidden
Many thanks for your help!