Hi guys
To explain at first, ive got dyslexia, so if my spelling is wrong, i appologise.
I am in the middle of renovating my house, and so far i have put joists up for the plasterboard and am about to start the electrical part of it (both wall and ceiling).
Ive left the old (10 years old) cables and points in (lights, plug sockets and light switches) but this is where my problem comes in
My plan is to have spotlights from the ceiling, wall uplighers on the wall and a couple of picture lamps. So thats 3 different light sources in the same room.
I have bought a triple switch, and have all these lights bought and ready for installation but it comes to the work itself.
Now i realise that i need to use a junction box 15amp from the main light (where the rose was in middle of the ceiling) to wire up the transformer for the spotlights and that is already wired up to the switch.
What my question comes in to.
I want to put 4 uplighters on the walls to a new switch (replacing a single with a triple), what sort of cable should i use for this? I assume twin and earth is the correct cable to use however i am not 100%. ANd how would i wire this up. I assume i'd have a line of cable coming from the junction box to wall light 1 and a cable from wall light 1 to the switch? and how do i cable up the other 3 so they all turn on at the same time as the other wall lights?
Any other tips and advice would be greatful too
I realise alot of you will say get a pro in to do the work, however the cost of a sparky to come in to do the job would cost hundreds compared to doing it myself.
I am quite confidant with electricity and such anyway, as i'm an IT tech, so have been working with it for a long time.
To explain at first, ive got dyslexia, so if my spelling is wrong, i appologise.
I am in the middle of renovating my house, and so far i have put joists up for the plasterboard and am about to start the electrical part of it (both wall and ceiling).
Ive left the old (10 years old) cables and points in (lights, plug sockets and light switches) but this is where my problem comes in
My plan is to have spotlights from the ceiling, wall uplighers on the wall and a couple of picture lamps. So thats 3 different light sources in the same room.
I have bought a triple switch, and have all these lights bought and ready for installation but it comes to the work itself.
Now i realise that i need to use a junction box 15amp from the main light (where the rose was in middle of the ceiling) to wire up the transformer for the spotlights and that is already wired up to the switch.
What my question comes in to.
I want to put 4 uplighters on the walls to a new switch (replacing a single with a triple), what sort of cable should i use for this? I assume twin and earth is the correct cable to use however i am not 100%. ANd how would i wire this up. I assume i'd have a line of cable coming from the junction box to wall light 1 and a cable from wall light 1 to the switch? and how do i cable up the other 3 so they all turn on at the same time as the other wall lights?
Any other tips and advice would be greatful too
I realise alot of you will say get a pro in to do the work, however the cost of a sparky to come in to do the job would cost hundreds compared to doing it myself.
I am quite confidant with electricity and such anyway, as i'm an IT tech, so have been working with it for a long time.