Wiring a dolls house?

[eddyg2007]

I bought a dolls house for my daughter at christmas time and im looking to put lights throughout the rooms

i was just looking for a bit of advice on how i could do this without wiring into a plug

thanks

 

[telectrix]

suggest use all 12v lighting, maybe LED. feed via transformer or even small car battery

 

[IQ Electrical]

And check for volt drop on some of those longer runs, also notifying building control in advance.

It's also often better to move the doll into alternative accomodation for the duration of the works.

 

[JulianC]

..and don't forget the bonding...

 

[Paul.M]

You have got your part P haven't you?

 

[rocker]

Ha ha. Yea just buy some white LEDs (or red ones, if it's THAT kind of doll's house) from ebay, you could wire it into a battery pack though you'd have to change batteries regularly, or you could get one of those 1.5-12v AC-DC adaptors for about a fiver and wire it into that.

Do you want to have lightswitches and that or do you just want the lights to be on or off?

 

[telectrix]

and don't forget the mains interlinked smoke detectors, obligatory on new build

 

[Amp David]

Now thats one CU thats going to be difficult to wire

 

[telectrix]

get the little people in. 7 dwarfs will fly it

 

[eddyg2007]

You have got your part P haven't you?

yes im a qualified electrician from scotland my time has been out a year so i am just looking for advice and guidance on what to use to wire it

thanks

 

[eddyg2007]

Ha ha. Yea just buy some white LEDs (or red ones, if it's THAT kind of doll's house) from ebay, you could wire it into a battery pack though you'd have to change batteries regularly, or you could get one of those 1.5-12v AC-DC adaptors for about a fiver and wire it into that.

Do you want to have lightswitches and that or do you just want the lights to be on or off?

yes i would like to put some lightswitches in so my daughter can switch it on and off in the indivdual rooms. what do you suggest to use

 

[oldtimer]

Call me an old humbug but do you think this is wise yes I hear what you say but anything that plugs into a wall socket even if it is through a transformer would be a no no for me it is not the fact that you will make it safe of that I have no doubt but for some reason these light do not work one day I would not like to think of a 5 year old playing with cables

 

[EasT]

If you Google 'wiring a dolls house' There are loads of sites and info.

 

[eddyg2007]

Call me an old humbug but do you think this is wise yes I hear what you say but anything that plugs into a wall socket even if it is through a transformer would be a no no for me it is not the fact that you will make it safe of that I have no doubt but for some reason these light do not work one day I would not like to think of a 5 year old playing with cables

yeah i was looking into using some sort of battery which would make it safer

 

[eddyg2007]

If you Google 'wiring a dolls house' There are loads of sites and info.

thanks