Drill size for lighting cable

[stillp]

by wattage do you mean bulb wattage?

Yes.

 

[winston1]

Use 1.0mm, it's quite adequate, cheaper, and saves the worlds copper resources.

The USA seems to be wasting a lot of copper with their 120V system.

Indeed, but that is the most wasteful nation on earth. Big petrol guzzling cars, apartment blocks with unmetered hot water supplies, laws that ban washing outside on lines so you have to use a dryer, I could go on and on.

 

[Jupiter01]

Total wattage on the 35m 1.5mm twin and earth will be around 350 watts.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

laws that ban washing outside on lines

Really?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Some (very few) have such a restriction set down in a superior lease. Have seen it as a condition in some of the some of the more upmarket estates / gated communities.
So a covenant on a property, maybe, but a law? I don't think so…..

 

[winston1]

laws that ban washing outside on lines

Really?

My next door neighbour is American and she told me about a case in Michigan when some English people hung washing outside and were told in no uncertain terms it was illegal. Who knows, perhaps it was some high handed official making up the rules.

 

[stillp]

Total wattage on the 35m 1.5mm twin and earth will be around 350 watts.

Which means how much current? Is that less than the CCC of the cable?

 

[Taylortwocities]

My next door neighbour is American and she told me about a case in Michigan when some English people hung washing outside and were told in no uncertain terms it was illegal. Who knows, perhaps it was some high handed official making up the rules.

But that is not in the UK!!

You don't have to look far for stupid laws, especially in the USA (Michigan is in the USA, isn't it?).
For instance, in Wyoming it is illegal to take a pictire of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit.

If you have any other obscure trivia, maybe you should post it, elsewhere.

 

[JohnW2]

But that is not in the UK!! You don't have to look far for stupid laws, especially in the USA ...

I think you may have lost track of the branch of the discussion you jumped into, since it was about the USA:

The USA seems to be wasting a lot of copper with their 120V system.

Indeed, but that [the USA] is the most wasteful nation on earth. Big petrol guzzling cars, apartment blocks with unmetered hot water supplies, laws that ban washing outside on lines so you have to use a dryer, I could go on and on.

... whereupon...

Some (very few) have such a restriction set down in a superior lease. Have seen it as a condition in some of the some of the more upmarket estates / gated communities. So a covenant on a property, maybe, but a law? I don't think so…..

Kind Regards, John

 

[winston1]

My next door neighbour is American and she told me about a case in Michigan when some English people hung washing outside and were told in no uncertain terms it was illegal. Who knows, perhaps it was some high handed official making up the rules.

But that is not in the UK!!

You don't have to look far for stupid laws, especially in the USA (Michigan is in the USA, isn't it?).
For instance, in Wyoming it is illegal to take a pictire of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit.

If you have any other obscure trivia, maybe you should post it, elsewhere.

We were talking about the USA being the most wasteful nation on earth so that is relevant not obscure trivia.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Thought we were talking about the correct drill size for some cable…..

 

[JohnW2]

Thought we were talking about the correct drill size for some cable…..

The posts to which you recently responded weren't! If you had believed that they were, why would you have contributed to a discussion you believed to be about drill sizes with comments about restrictive covenants in leases??

Kind Regards, John

 

[Jupiter01]

Back on to the drill size...
I used a 10mm drill bit today, drilled from inside and then switched to drill mode as I was exiting the rbick. It provided a perfect finish. Thanks

A further question from todays work - If I was having a flood light with a sensor and also wanted a light switch in case I needed to switch it on manually, shud i ahve a junction box where the feed and switch cable meet and then a single cable exits out of the cavity hole and connects to the light?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why not take the wiring through the switch?

 

[Jupiter01]

I can do I'm trying to keep it consistent throughout the house. I've connected others into the light fitting. Is that an issue?