On 23/02/2021 19:06, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
After serious thinking Chris Green wrote :
I know it's a tall order but still I may as well ask...

Is there any clever way of getting a cable through a hidden stud
behind plasterboard?Â* I want to feed a lamp from a switch mounted on
an internal dry-lined wall but unfortunately there's one piece of
timber between the switch and the light.

It's a very low current requirement, 3.5 watts at 240 volts so
something like 15mA.

If it's near the ceiling, you can drill through, but other than that...

You need to make a hole in the PB, over the level of the stud, get the
cable through, then fill the hole.

+1.

Or remove an entire section of PB, so that it can be put back neatly.

The skim with filler sand flat with orbital or belt and repaint ...

....just been doing that. Wnated CAT5 in the kitchen I am amazed that F&B
paint absolutely matches itself even after 19 years


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