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[ma]

existing wiring as follows for the bathroom.
a have two main switches outside the bathroom door and one cable goes to centre light, which i gather acts as a ring main, cause it has a cable going to the hall light and bedroom. then another cable from this centre light goes to another centre light in bathroom, which has a cable going to kitchen lights, extractor fan and to a juction box. another cable from this junction box goes to the second main switch.
I now want to do away with the centre lights and put 3 mains down light instead which has a connector block connected to them with live and neutral wire spacing only. How would i wire these 3 together to run from the one light switch? I presume i would have to wire the others into a choc block or jucntion box, asis the wires in the centre light? what amp jucntion box would i need and is 1.5mm cable good enough for the job?
sorry im a novice but understand a bit.

[ericmark]

There are diagrams in Projects on how ceiling roses are wired but by time you have informed LABC what you want to do and paid their fees of a £100+ and hired a loop impedance meter to fill in paper work at another £75 then likely it will be cheaper to get an electrician to do the work.

[stoneyboy]

ma,
You will need L N and E for the new lights and this you can get from the existing central light. Rating is not a problem and 1.0 T&E will do.
Read up on zones in a bathroom and bear in mind that this is notifiable work under Part P.
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[chris_on_tour2002]

this is probably no more than a morning's work for a qualifiied spark. as it is notifiable under part p you'd be better off getting a pro in to do it.