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Dear all, I'm after a bit of advice, I have just discovered that the mains powered smoke alarms have been connected to a dead circuit (since I moved in) and are just running off batteries, confusingly, the breaker marked 'smoke alarms' is the breaker for the upstairs lights, I have tried tracing the wire for the smokes but it goes off into the darker recesses of the loft and is a bugger to try and follow. My cunning plan is to use a junction box on the upstairs lighting feed to create a spur to power the smokes (I haven't got a spare way in the CCU to have a dedicated circuit). I would have taken a feed from the last light in the circuit but its wired such that the power goes to the swithces, this would mean the smokes would only be on when the light was on. Is it ok to break the upstairs light feed and put in a junction box or would you do it differently? For info I am one of the dreaded qualified domestic installer but lacking experience in real world situations.
All help gratefully recieved.
Down2earth.
All help gratefully recieved.
Down2earth.
