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Replacing Low Voltage Spotlights... Who's Right?
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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 399238" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>Yes I have read the OP. there are 12v lights with transformers and thus some 12v (probably flex) going to numerous light fittings. Nowhere is there any mention of the composition of the lighting circuit, how many lights in total it supplies or how much of it is to be retained unaltered. Just that the OP has decided to take out all of the 12v transformer wiring and replace it with 230v fittings.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The work will almost certainly be in the loft space, (unless we are talking of downstairs rooms), as that is where the top half of the light fitting resides. Replacing one 12v light fitting with a 230v fitting has to include the associated transformer and the bit of wire between the two. This is not a rewire, it is an accessory replacement. Replacing 12x 12v fittings with 12x 230v fittings is 12x accessory replacements, not a rewire. If you so wish to do extra unrequired work then that is up to you. But there is no need for it from either BS7671 or Part P building regs. As I said earlier it is not uncommon for some "electricians" to try and over engineer a job unnecessarily by making up their own regulations and rules to the detriment of the customer and common sense.</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 399238, member: 1607"] Yes I have read the OP. there are 12v lights with transformers and thus some 12v (probably flex) going to numerous light fittings. Nowhere is there any mention of the composition of the lighting circuit, how many lights in total it supplies or how much of it is to be retained unaltered. Just that the OP has decided to take out all of the 12v transformer wiring and replace it with 230v fittings. The work will almost certainly be in the loft space, (unless we are talking of downstairs rooms), as that is where the top half of the light fitting resides. Replacing one 12v light fitting with a 230v fitting has to include the associated transformer and the bit of wire between the two. This is not a rewire, it is an accessory replacement. Replacing 12x 12v fittings with 12x 230v fittings is 12x accessory replacements, not a rewire. If you so wish to do extra unrequired work then that is up to you. But there is no need for it from either BS7671 or Part P building regs. As I said earlier it is not uncommon for some "electricians" to try and over engineer a job unnecessarily by making up their own regulations and rules to the detriment of the customer and common sense. Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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