Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 11, 2014 12:55 pm After reading for quite a while on these forums I haven't been able to find the best way to go with doing lighting after handover.
A lot of people mention getting junction boxes, then others suggest getting the batten fitting put in the right location of where you would be putting a downlight and running the rest off that. I am looking to put in LED downlights after handover and from what I have gathered it is best to have individual points for each downlight. So is it. Best to run this all from an existing batten or getting a junction box? Also not knowing very much about electrical, if I was to have a batten run with one switch, and then run a bunch of down lights and then also another lampshade style light above an area in the same room, having a separate switch is going to require another switch plate at the wall? I'm assuming if downlights and another style light is to be setup, a batten. For the light, and junction box for the down lights is best setup? Or is it easy to add on the LED downlights and extra switch from the batten and have the batten as another style light? Edit:corrected light fitting batten Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 2Feb 11, 2014 1:20 pm Just wanted to note, I may be wrong, I think its batten light points rather than bayonet, unless this refers to a specific style of light. Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 3Feb 11, 2014 4:42 pm The hard part would be adding another switch and wiring. What you need is to get a switch and single batten installed for each type of different light you want to install later. Even position of the lights in the ceiling won't be that important (unless dbl story) as you will most likely reposition anyway. Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 4Feb 11, 2014 4:45 pm It depends on how you want to decorate because setting up a Batton affects your interior look. As it is prominently visible, everybody will see the light and the structure that is containing it. While if you set up a LED downligth from the junction box, you may keep the whole structure hidden inside your wall or ceiling, only the light beam would be visible. Now you decide what gives a better look to your decoration. Good luck! Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 5Feb 11, 2014 9:22 pm jackwalker It depends on how you want to decorate because setting up a Batton affects your interior look. As it is prominently visible, everybody will see the light and the structure that is containing it. But if the OP wants to just get basic lighting in the house to save some dollars, and then lash out on fancy lighting afterwards, putting a batten light in the roof will give you some lighting in the room. Of course this can only really be done in a single storey residence, where you can access above the ceiling easily. This is my plan on my owner build, getting some basic lighting in the house to see of a night time, then after settling in getting the 'perfect' lights afterwards. Seems the OP wants to simply get in to their own house as cheaply as they can, i.e. not paying top dollar to the building company to put in the lighting that they desire, and when they move in after handover, they can splurge on just the right lights to suit themselves. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 6Feb 11, 2014 11:36 pm bpratt Seems the OP wants to simply get in to their own house as cheaply as they can, i.e. not paying top dollar to the building company to put in the lighting that they desire, and when they move in after handover, they can splurge on just the right lights to suit themselves. You got it. That's the aim! So putting in a batten per "switch"at the start is going to be the cheapest way with the builder and then adding to that "circuit switch" with what lights I want. Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 7Feb 12, 2014 5:59 pm Dewish bpratt Seems the OP wants to simply get in to their own house as cheaply as they can, i.e. not paying top dollar to the building company to put in the lighting that they desire, and when they move in after handover, they can splurge on just the right lights to suit themselves. You got it. That's the aim! So putting in a batten per "switch"at the start is going to be the cheapest way with the builder and then adding to that "circuit switch" with what lights I want. That's exactly what we did, cost us less than half of what it would have with the builder. Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 28812 I have a really long hallway which is 1100mm W x 11500mm L I would appreciate if anyone can give suggestions to light it up with Linear LED lights that goes from wall to… 0 8812 What? It's a lighting question, the control joint is only needed at 12m centres, a bulkhead or change of direction will suffice as a 'break' in the ceiling, just make… 8 8570 |