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Hello all, new to the game.
The work is to intstall an extra double socket to a ring. And also to add a one way light connected via a juction box in the loft.
I plan to spur off the ring, under floor boards. Lengthwise, 1.5m. Cable, 2.5/1.5.

The light, I will run 1.5/1.0 t+e to ceiling rose from the junction box and the switch cable wired from the ceiling rose.

All ok?
 
If this light is for the loft I would take your feed from an upstairs hallway or bedroom ceiling rose (whichever is closest to your new switch) run it to your switch, connector block/wago the N and then up to the light. One straight run with no messing about with jbs.
 
Hello all, new to the game.
The work is to intstall an extra double socket to a ring. And also to add a one way light connected via a juction box in the loft.
I plan to spur off the ring, under floor boards. Lengthwise, 1.5m. Cable, 2.5/1.5.

The light, I will run 1.5/1.0 t+e to ceiling rose from the junction box and the switch cable wired from the ceiling rose.

All ok?

We all start somewhere but this is week 1 college stuff, are you ok with safe isolation procedures?

See if you can take the lighting feed & neutral from an existing fitting rather than a JB in the loft.

Is any of this notifiable ie. kitchen or bathroom?
 
The light is for a small room off of a double bedroom with downlights. The bathroom has a standard ceiling rose so will use that. So run 1.5 to a switch. You say connector block the neutral. at the switch? remind me why? Cheers for the quick response!
Just out of interest, what qualifications do you have before i/we give you any more help that could endanger yourself or others?
 
We all start somewhere but this is week 1 college stuff, are you ok with safe isolation procedures?

See if you can take the lighting feed & neutral from an existing fitting rather than a JB in the loft.

Is any of this notifiable ie. kitchen or bathroom?

We all start somewhere, cheers
 
I could be really sarcastic here and say something along the lines of "Dont they have one way lighting circuits in commercial & industrial premises?" But I won't. Ok at your new light fitting you need a line and a neutral with a cpc along the full length of the cable and the cpc terminated at the fitting. Take these from an existing ceiling rose loop terminals, you now have 3 options. 1 Take your t&e to the new fitting, them t&e from loop L to switch com then use the N conductor as switch live back to the fitting. 2, From the feed with t&e to the switch, L in com and back out from l1, in the switch back box term block the N then take to the fitting. 3, Use singles, L+cpc to switch com then from l1 to fitting, N+cpc straight to the fitting.
 
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