Downlighter question

[La Poste]

Greetings.
A friend of mine wants downighters in the kitchen.
His kitchen ceiling is plasterboard with tongue and groove wooden panneling on top.
You kow the sort of thing, he wanted to make it look like a ships cabin so put thin battens on the plasterboard then stained tongue and groove wooden boards on top of those.
The effect is that he has a wooden ceiling.
The trouble is if I try to fit downlighters I don't think they will be long enough to go through the wooden ceiling and through the plasterboard, I think the springs that anchor the downlighters will not make it all the way through.
So my question is does anyone know where I can get extra long downlighters that can be put through a ceiling that is thicker than just plasterboard.
Cheers.

 

[still trying]

Ps ..
Also many thanks for suggesting using the Ashley J 501 have got them ready to fit

 

[Amp David]

Hows it going are you still trying or have you finished now.

What do they look like, post some pics when you've done

 

[sjm]

Best practice would be to bring existing T+E into J 501 then a length of 1mm or 1.5mm heat resistant flex to feed the downlight. This way if the flex touches the downlight the heat won't damage it, also each downlight will only have 1 cable entering the connection block which is the way it was designed.

 

[telectrix]

that's why i struggled to get 3 x 1.5mm in one ( only kidding )

 

[still trying]

I have to wait until later today ... my sister has gone SHOPPING!!! lol women !!! not to worry .. hopefully she will cook a nice meal after its all done

 

[Amp David]

that's why i struggled to get 3 x 1.5mm in one ( only kidding )

keep a shoe horn in my toolbox to help out


You want to be getting the job done whiles your sisters not there, then you won't be getting nagged whilst fitting them lol

 

[still trying]

What about the cable .. ref red black?

 

[telectrix]

if you are adding cable, you must use silly (sorry, new) colours. if existing cable will do no reason to replace it

 

[nickblake]

thats why i us the J501 then the loads evenly distributed,loads across a 16 amp jb not a 5 amp terminal block like it is on the down lighters ,as has been said Heat res flex from jb to down light save so much time in the long run no more struggling ,thats a thought why is terminal block still rated at 5 15 and 30 amp when all the protective devices are 6 16 and 32 amp and othe sizes ive not mentioned

 

[nickblake]

if you are adding cable, you must use silly (sorry, new) colours. if existing cable will do no reason to replace it

you were right the first time

 

[Amp David]

Have you managed to sort the lights out yet?

How do they look?