Hi guys,
Me and Jackie have had our first crack at an electical plan. We'd really appreciate any comments you have.
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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 13Jun 09, 2008 12:53 am mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 14Jun 09, 2008 8:42 am Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 16Jun 09, 2008 10:16 am Paula Quote: Get them to wire the pantry light so that it turns on when you open the door, your can get little limit switches that do that (again had it on old house and in new) But not when you open the door just when you walk in, I'm finding I leave my door open, so when it senses movement would be much better. I would love to have this. Paula, you've just realised one of the pitfalls of pantry switches, plus another problem is if you have double doors and the switch is only on one of them. Regarding getting your pantry light upgraded might I suggest either of these products? Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 17Jun 09, 2008 10:27 am Paula Here's another thought, I have sensor lights in the bathrooms - very annoying if you want to go in the middle of the night, you get a bit blinded, but as Mike suggested, I would suggest getting a dimmer installed for when the sensor is activated. You could have it permanently dimmed, with an override wall switch for full brightness when required. Or if you wish to spend a bit extra them dimmed for 'X' time (say 30sec) for the eyes to become accustomed and then come to full brightness. Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 18Jun 09, 2008 10:57 am kiwi056 Paula Here's another thought, I have sensor lights in the bathrooms - very annoying if you want to go in the middle of the night, you get a bit blinded, but as Mike suggested, I would suggest getting a dimmer installed for when the sensor is activated. You could have it permanently dimmed, with an override wall switch for full brightness when required. Or if you wish to spend a bit extra them dimmed for 'X' time (say 30sec) for the eyes to become accustomed and then come to full brightness. thanks Kiwi05 We will be getting the electrician in to change a few lights - this might have to be another. Also a good idea in the pantry! Paula Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 19Jun 09, 2008 11:07 am also thought, do you need an exhaust fan in the laundry for when you have the clothes dryer on? (if you use one)
I agree with the study. I would be inclined to put either an additional powerpoint where the table goes, or move the other one over. You will likely need more than a double powerpoint to run the computer, printer, phone, speakers etc. Same goes with the home theatre Also where will your phone be situated. is it cordless, does it require a powerpoint? On the road to building our 1st home Re: Our Electrical Plan, first attempt 20Jun 09, 2008 11:38 am my two bits....
extra GPO in the lounge room. I can't see a TV point in that room so maybe you could move the current GPO to the garage/lounge wall and adding another one opposite on the lounge/dining wall for lamps etc. GPO on Island as Paula said needs to be on the side. Tip - PD won't do this if you are having QQ Apron. We are having apron so GPO is going inside a single cupboard next to utensil drawer. extra GPO's in all the kids bedrooms TV point in study dimmer switch in the Home Theatre and extra GPO's two way light for kitchen one entering from lounge and one entering from laundry/master (Love the Illoura!) following on re the vac'ing. Do you need a GPO in the passage/toilet wall for vacuuming the kids area. IMO you should go for ducted vac. PD can rough in the pipes for $300 and you'll need to put a GPO in the garage for the unit and then you can source your own unit and installation afterwards (that was my advice from Prestige when looking at the Illoura or go with the whole set-up through PD for about $1200 - so worth it!) the GPO might look a bit ugly sitting where it is in the entry. What about moving down towards the front door next to the internal garage door? extra GPO on the family/master hallway wall exhaust fan in the pantry if you plan on having jug or toaster etc in it and if so maybe another GPO in there too Are you having low pendant lights over the Island? If not, I'd swap the batten for downlights Are you having batten lights for outside or Junction Boxes? We were advised to go with JB as it would be easier to hook up preferred lights after handover. Have fun!!! Try and start a blog, would love to see your house as it gets built. Happy at Home Must be labour only. One of those how long is a piece of wire questions. 4 4106 |