The Medway Handyman
wibbled on Sunday 25 October 2009 22:21

Tim W wrote:
The Medway Handyman
wibbled on Sunday 25 October 2009 21:26

Tim W wrote:

Or is making use of the security light power feed the only way?

Not the only way. I could do as you suggest, but due to the layout
of the house I'd have to run a cable under the bathroom floor.

I take it your proposed route would be up the wall to the ceiling
level, hence the bathroom?

Sorry, should have made it clear, old house, bathroom on ground floor,
nothing above. Due to large slope bathroom floor is 3' above deck level.

The up to the soffit, though the loft trick? Down the corner of a bedroom
wall in a neat bit of D-Line trunking.

Can you not go left or right and hit another room? Not intending to
doubt you, but thinking more of the occupant (including future ones)
- a SELV cable at 12V or whatever doing weird things is a lot less
likely to turn into an "issue" down the line.

There isn't anything left of right - only the neighbours bathroom :-)

OK.


There is a proper IP66 socket on the wall a few feet away, but a wall wart
is too big to fit under the flap.

Oh - in that case, use the box you mentioned and plug the little extension
lead plug into the IP66 socket. Technically you're not even touching the
fixed wiring then. User can unplug the lead if the need the socket for the
lawnmower. It's not unneat either. Sorry - maybe I missed the bit about the
IP66 socket.

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Tim Watts

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