Recess in a partition wall

[Colour Republic]

the single light was one i had left over from my old kitchen and i fitted it for the lady as a free bee, the other ones i use are from a firm called robus.
Robus LED Decking Light Kit - Large Kits @ e-tradecounter.co.uk

i get them from a local electric wholesaler about £50 for the 10 light kit. about £30 for the 5 light kit.

This is the same kit that i use a lot of as they are great value for money compared to most but it must be said that this kit is not water proof or of marine grade stainless. So great for putting in kicker boards and above shelves but not anywhere that is going to get water spray, above a recess in a bathroom is fine but on the sides or the bottom I would use some others.

I put some spare ones I had of these on my boat and they lasted about year.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

nice one sean, i can see its your little touch,

 

[DazJWood]

All looks great stuff!

Just another quick question:

How have you wired these in? Are they on a switch outside the bathroom?

I've been looking at all sorts of options to wire these in. I was going to have the transformer under the bath and wired in to a fused spur that I could take off my landing plug. Is it acceptable to actually have the fused spur on the bathroom side (as opposed to the landing side? I'd rather not have another plug socket on display if I could help it). It would be under the bath on the partition wall and I could use an outside waterproof fused spur to protect from any moisture / water. It could also by wired to an fm remote then.

Hmm maybe I'm making it too complicated. I just didn't want it on the same switch as the main lights but then again I didn't want two pull cords.

Thanks in advance,

Daz

 

[Sean fsy]

straight forward enough, just replace switch with a double and link the live wire across from the original switch supply. then just put a single socket/box for the transformer to plug into at the other end of the cable, 1.5mm cable is enough.

 

[Sean fsy]

Before:my own work

After:

 

[user123]

Now that i like recessed ceiling must try that

So why didn't you do that in our bathroom then, Mikey dear?? :lol: Kidding!!... like the ceiling as it it is.... really...:lol: same stuff though, isn't it, and yes, this does look good...

 

[DazJWood]

straight forward enough, just replace switch with a double and link the live wire across from the original switch supply. then just put a single socket/box for the transformer to plug into at the other end of the cable, 1.5mm cable is enough.

Excuse me for being thick (which I am with all this diy stuff! 🙂), but I don't understand how this is working? Where are the switches? on the outside wall of the bathroom? I only have the normal pull cord and I wanted the deck lights to operate seperately to the main lights.

Can you clarify?

thanks,

Daz

 

[user123]

Excuse me for being thick (which I am with all this diy stuff! 🙂), but I don't understand how this is working? Where are the switches? on the outside wall of the bathroom? I only have the normal pull cord and I wanted the deck lights to operate seperately to the main lights.

Can you clarify?

thanks,

Daz

Nope, not thick, I think that's a really good question, I'd like to know, too! Can't know if it's new to us, can we... :smilewinkgrin:

 

[simhopper]

We have been doing this a lot recently

Collingwood make the best LEDS anything less than £30 per light will not last,On average you need to spend £45 per light for it to last 5+ years, Collingwoods are guaranteed to last 7 yrs

The warm white or cool white look the best, Blue deck lights look too much imo

 

[DazJWood]

Anyone comment on the best way to wire these in?

Thanks