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Fused spurs from ring main for reading lights - channeling/routing cables
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.31 PM
Hi, I am currently renovating our bedroom and have a conundrum on wiring the bedside lights and a few new plugs. There is currently only one double socket in the room on the ring main. I want to extend the ring main so that there are a pair of double sockets under some floating bedside tables, which I am happy with. I would also like some wall mounted bedside lights above the floating tables...I was planning on running a fused spur up from the ring main to power these, as the attic above is inaccessible. I am going to chase all the cables and my conundrum is over the supply for the lights being vertically above the sockets and how I route the cables. I see two ways of doing this: 1) Just bring a fused spur off each socket - have it next to the socket and then run it up in the wall to the light. 2) Bring a FS spur up from one socket and then run a cable horizontally from one light to the other (don't really like the idea of having a cable running horizontally in the middle of the wall) Are there any alternative solutions? Any ideas appreciated!
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