DanMcLiverpool
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Long story short, I'm reusing a cable for an old motion detector which I no longer have. I've stepped it down to 12v, and I will step it down again to 5v for a ceiling mounted echo dot.
I've always been stuck on how electricians decide to run cable to where they need it. You can see from the first picture it probably isn't long enough to push up into the ceiling void to terminate it onto a longer run of cable (yellow on second pic) to put it where I want it (the red square on the second pic). Any ideas? Would you take the coving off and join it 'inside' the coving (putting the coving back on)?
I think I've touched lucky with the joists, (I think) this run will be parralel with a joist so shouldn't need to do anything there.
Really appreciate any opinions on this
I've always been stuck on how electricians decide to run cable to where they need it. You can see from the first picture it probably isn't long enough to push up into the ceiling void to terminate it onto a longer run of cable (yellow on second pic) to put it where I want it (the red square on the second pic). Any ideas? Would you take the coving off and join it 'inside' the coving (putting the coving back on)?
I think I've touched lucky with the joists, (I think) this run will be parralel with a joist so shouldn't need to do anything there.
Really appreciate any opinions on this