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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 245503" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p>It's not going to run my PC anymore (not that it ever did to be honest!!) as I have a 480W UPS to do that now (only £10 too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> )...</p><p></p><p>As for the lighting, it doesn't look like the lights have been wired up in a ring circuit (and neither have the sockets by the looks of things!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> ), as there's just one 5 amp cable leaving the box towards the ceiling, the other is direct to the Cellar light, which I'm not too fussed about running as it's just a damp mess down there (and today there's an inch of water on the floor, but that's something different...). But my understanding of how a basic ring would work is like this:</p><p></p><p>[code]o-----------o</p><p>¦ ¦</p><p>¦ ¦</p><p>¦ ¦</p><p>{}----------o</p><p>¦</p><p>[][][] (fusebox)</p><p></p><p>¦ -- = Cable</p><p>o = light</p><p>{} = Junction box[/code] </p><p>Also, as there would only be a maximum of 5 Energy Saving lights in use it won't exceed the UPS's capabilities. Also, the UPS would be with the fusebox on a shelf next to it. I did think that fitting one of those 5amp round-pin lighting sockets and plug (as it's an IEC (Kettle type) plug & socket UPS, standard stuff from a computer parts supplier) would be a good idea incase someone mistook it for a standard 13amp socket, then have that going into the UPS, then the cable comes out of the UPS into the junction box and back into the lights, and when I move out I just rewire the junction box so that the lighting cable just goes straight through and my landlord's none the wiser... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>As for powercuts, I'm getting a prepay meter fitted soon, and those things are a pain in the arse, especially when they cut out in the night (and as it's getting towards winter time that'll be earlier in the day) and I can't see what I'm doing or where I'm going, and in the past I've done myself a few injuries because of those damned meters, so I want to be safe and have some backup lighting than to stumble about in my house in the dark...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 245503, member: 199791"] It's not going to run my PC anymore (not that it ever did to be honest!!) as I have a 480W UPS to do that now (only £10 too :D )... As for the lighting, it doesn't look like the lights have been wired up in a ring circuit (and neither have the sockets by the looks of things!!! :eek: ), as there's just one 5 amp cable leaving the box towards the ceiling, the other is direct to the Cellar light, which I'm not too fussed about running as it's just a damp mess down there (and today there's an inch of water on the floor, but that's something different...). But my understanding of how a basic ring would work is like this: [code]o-----------o ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ {}----------o ¦ [][][] (fusebox) ¦ -- = Cable o = light {} = Junction box[/code] Also, as there would only be a maximum of 5 Energy Saving lights in use it won't exceed the UPS's capabilities. Also, the UPS would be with the fusebox on a shelf next to it. I did think that fitting one of those 5amp round-pin lighting sockets and plug (as it's an IEC (Kettle type) plug & socket UPS, standard stuff from a computer parts supplier) would be a good idea incase someone mistook it for a standard 13amp socket, then have that going into the UPS, then the cable comes out of the UPS into the junction box and back into the lights, and when I move out I just rewire the junction box so that the lighting cable just goes straight through and my landlord's none the wiser... :D As for powercuts, I'm getting a prepay meter fitted soon, and those things are a pain in the arse, especially when they cut out in the night (and as it's getting towards winter time that'll be earlier in the day) and I can't see what I'm doing or where I'm going, and in the past I've done myself a few injuries because of those damned meters, so I want to be safe and have some backup lighting than to stumble about in my house in the dark... [/QUOTE]
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