"Mark" wrote in message
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Is it ideal to have the lighting ciruit in a big kitchen around 600watts
in total on a ring circuit like a mains ring or not? and how would you
incorporate a switch into the loop. I have my own thoughts but not
sure if correct.

Thanks

Mark


Do you understand what a ring circuit is? Lighting circuits can have large
supply cables to them, then distributed from that to smaller gauge wiring
for the switches and lamp holders. To run a ring circuit using two supply
cables from the consumer unit (fuse box) shouldn't really be necessary.

Having lighting at 600 Watts in one room is a hell of a lot. What else do
you do in the kitchen that it needs all that lighting? You don't make porn
films in there do you? :-) If the lighting is made up of 6 x 100 Watt spot
lights, then try and drop this down by using low voltage spots on good
transformers. You can distribute the light from these better than huge spot
lights.