Hi All
I have around 30 garden lights which turn on and off with one switch in the house. The problem is, if water gets in one light it a) stops all lights working and b) requires troubleshooting 30 lights to find the problem.
Therefore, I was planning to have a second distribution board installed in my garden shed and run multiple circuits with 10 lights on each. Therefore, in case of a fault, 20 lights are still working and troubleshooting is reduced by 2/3rds.
Now the snag is that the switch is inside the house and to wire in 2 more live switches is a MAJOR headache. My electrician is trying to convince me he can wire it so the switch will work on the 3 new circuits but he can't explain how. My concern is if they use the same switch then a fault will trip all 3 circuits and we are back to square one. I have included a before / after picture to explain what I am trying to achieve. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.
I have around 30 garden lights which turn on and off with one switch in the house. The problem is, if water gets in one light it a) stops all lights working and b) requires troubleshooting 30 lights to find the problem.
Therefore, I was planning to have a second distribution board installed in my garden shed and run multiple circuits with 10 lights on each. Therefore, in case of a fault, 20 lights are still working and troubleshooting is reduced by 2/3rds.
Now the snag is that the switch is inside the house and to wire in 2 more live switches is a MAJOR headache. My electrician is trying to convince me he can wire it so the switch will work on the 3 new circuits but he can't explain how. My concern is if they use the same switch then a fault will trip all 3 circuits and we are back to square one. I have included a before / after picture to explain what I am trying to achieve. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.