Rewiring hall lights

[mdbalson]

rewired hall lights as part of redoing the shower room, due to hall lights being fed from shower room lights. Also due to both hall lights only being on 1 way switching.

Wiring New Switch by front door

Wiring to New Hall Switch by front door

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Hall light switch by front door cables

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• 30 Apr 2013
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wiring switch by front door 1

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wiring switch by front door 2

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wiring switch by front door 3

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wiring switch by front door 4

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wiring switch by front door 5

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New Wiring to 2nd switch

Switch by stair door

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2nd Hall Light switch

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• 30 Apr 2013
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New wiring at 2nd light

new cables at hall light 2

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wiring 2nd hall light

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finished 2nd hall light

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• 30 Apr 2013
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Feed to switch by front door comes from shower room fan isolator

Cables at 1st switch are:

1x T+E = Feed in

1x 3 core+E = Strapper 1 to 2nd switch

1x 3 core+E = Strapper 2 to 2nd switch

1x 3 core+E = Feeds to lights

1x 1.5mm 3 core flex = Feed to outside light

Cables at 2nd switch

1x 3 core+E = Strapper 1

1x 3 core+E = Strapper 2

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

removed duplicate post

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Why are the grey cores sleeved black? (or is it an optical illusion and they are brown?)
It's a single phase installation and should be sleeved brown!
Have you RCD protection on the circuit?

 

[Spark123]

They look dark brown on my PC screen.
I take it Matthew works commercial/industrial - there looks to be a bit of that in there and in his other topic!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

They look dark brown on my PC screen.
I take it Matthew works commercial/industrial - there looks to be a bit of that in there and in his other topic!

Could be me/PC but looks closer to black colour of 3C+E than it does to brown!

 

[mdbalson]

Why are the grey cores sleeved black? (or is it an optical illusion and they are brown?)
It's a single phase installation and should be sleeved brown!
Have you RCD protection on the circuit?

It is Brown Sleeving.

Yes there is RCD protection on the circuit, all four lighting circuits in the house are on RCBOs

 

[streetlighter]

them WAGO connectors are great i use them all the time now

 

[RF Lighting]

I hate them. They cost a fortune, they are far too big, they won't take flex and it's a pain to remove just one wire.

Strip connectors have worked fine for years.

 

[streetlighter]

I used to feel the same way about them but after watching the instruction videos on youtube i learned which connectors are suitable for diferent task.
They make special ones that take flex and solid core doesnt half save time when installing downlights.
I use them all the time now.

 

[RF Lighting]

Have you tried those click flow junction boxes? Now they really are good for downlighters.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCT100C.html


The wagos I really dislike are the ones like the OP has used for his earths. They're just so big!

Also there's a perfectly good earth terminal on the grid yoke, so it's not actually required at all!

 

[streetlighter]

Keep meaning to try the Click flow range I might try and get some samples at ELEX in Mancester next week.