New Lighting Cicuit.

[ANT68]

Customer wants a light in their understairs cupboard, all there going to be is a single light and switch. I'm taking it back to the Consumer Unit, can I connect the new circuit to the existing Lighting MCB or do I have to install a new 6A breaker.

Thanks

 

[bugsy]

You can if you wish add to existing breaker( billy bodgit styleeeeeee) or take out one of the existing lightong feeds and incorporate under stairs feed in this circuit -- if you see wot i mean.

 

[pushrod]

you could connect it to the existing mcb , but is it not easier to just to take a feed from another lighting circuit or fused spur from a ring?

 

[pennywise]

Or a Wickes Battery Light fitting

 

[bugsy]

or a wickes battery light fitting

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[ANT68]

was going to take spur from ring, but decided not to as the nearest socket is a spur anyway. Many years of DIY taken place, do not want to disturb anything that don't need to be touched.Have been told by another spark that I can connect to existing lighting mcb. Not sure, so question asked.Think I will put in another 6mcb, got to be the easiest option...............or fit a a Battery Light!!

 

[pushrod]

was going to take spur from ring, but decided not to as the nearest socket is a spur anyway. Many years of DIY taken place, do not want to disturb anything that don't need to be touched.Have been told by another spark that I can connect to existing lighting mcb. Not sure, so question asked.Think I will put in another 6mcb, got to be the easiest option...............or fit a a Battery Light!!

If you put a fuse in the spur you can still use that for your light.

 

[spamwize2]

you can go back to cu and connect it with existing lighting, you can do the maths! as for spur, you would need a fused spur to 3amps , cant you loop in to existing wiring instead? be much easier?

 

[DurhamSparky]

just drop it in to existing 6am mcb!!

 

[Guest123]

just drop it in to existing 6am mcb!!

I agree, but in addition I would put a flag of tape on it and label it as being understairs light.