TTbangbang
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Evening ladies and gents,
I remember reading a post where someone had said they wouldn't put more than ?8 light fittings on a circuit. What rule of thumbs do you have for lighting circuits and why? And that question goes to no.2!
I've been designing lighting circuits and worked out that 1800W (18 lights) can be carried by under 35m of 1.0/1.0mmsq with a 10A breaker. I then idly opened an old Collins wiring book and it said any more than 1200W means splitting the circuit...
(and what happens with fittings with multiple pendant lights? Three chandeliers in one room with 5 lights each take you over 1500W...)
Thanks for any enlightment Pray
I remember reading a post where someone had said they wouldn't put more than ?8 light fittings on a circuit. What rule of thumbs do you have for lighting circuits and why? And that question goes to no.2!
I've been designing lighting circuits and worked out that 1800W (18 lights) can be carried by under 35m of 1.0/1.0mmsq with a 10A breaker. I then idly opened an old Collins wiring book and it said any more than 1200W means splitting the circuit...
(and what happens with fittings with multiple pendant lights? Three chandeliers in one room with 5 lights each take you over 1500W...)
Thanks for any enlightment Pray