How wire up/install 9 LEDdownlights

[ghostvaper]

I am installing 9 LED downlights each with an RGB bulb in (i will try attach pictures on them) - anyway I have been told that they need to be wired in a row. Like in/out - in/out in a ring pattern terminating at the last light. I am going to connect them to my wires where the old light fitting was. My question. Do I have to do them in a ring? Or can I wire them how I want? For example could I wire 7 in a ring and the last 2 in another ring coming from the same source? so go from source to 7 lights and then from source to the last 2 lights? or i have to do all 9 in 1 ring? I ask becasue of the way my joists/rooms are set out. Thanks - btw for anyone wandering greenhouse still working great after FIVE YEARS!!!!!

 

[littlespark]

They don’t have to be in a radial circuit as in-out, in-out.

You can have something like a spider web if you like… where all cables come back to one point.

Just make any joint boxes accessible (by removing a light from the ceiling) and make sure the earth wires are connected through… even if the lights themselves don’t need them.

 

[Moley]

If your greenhouse video is anything to go by then don't do it - get an electrician in to do it safely!

 

[MJPD29]

I’m not going to help you with this, the standard of your work previously was dangerous and you ignore all advice. Get someone in to do it.

 

[littlespark]

Apart from OP saying the greenhouse is still working..... implying he hasn't changed anything with it yet.... i'm hoping that in the past 5 years he has actually improved in his skills.

We shouldn't judge the current competency of someone over something they did 5 years ago.

Unless there's some recent evidence to show otherwise.

The OP is DIY tagged, so the more we assist, the more they learn to do things properly.