Electrical LED lights

Bongolia · Post by **Bongolia** » Wed May 17, 2017 11:46 am

Right I am at the stage where I am about to wire the interior lighting for the Wasp. I have 5 off 5 watt LED units to fit on a separate ring circuit.
What cable size should I use ( I have a roll of 4 amp

) and what fuse rating would be recommended for this?

Post by **g8dhe** » Wed May 17, 2017 12:25 pm

You fuse for the rating of the cable, the fuses ONLY protect the cable, not the devices on the circuit!
A 5Watt LED will draw 5/12 Amps and there are 5 of them so 2Amps.

Bongolia · Post by **Bongolia** » Wed May 17, 2017 4:21 pm

g8dhe wrote:You fuse for the rating of the cable, the fuses ONLY protect the cable, not the devices on the circuit!
A 5Watt LED will draw 5/12 Amps and there are 5 of them so 2Amps.

Cheers Geoff
So 4 amp cable is Ok then?
And just one fuse?

Post by **g8dhe** » Thu May 18, 2017 3:14 pm

Yes 4Amp is fine and 1 fuse you don't need a ring main your cable is adequate to handle the current without a ring!

cmm303 · Post by **cmm303** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:13 pm

The rating of the switch also needs to be adequate for the load.

Bongolia · Post by **Bongolia** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:31 pm

Got it, thanks.

Electrical LED lights

Electrical LED lights

Re: Electrical LED lights

Re: Electrical LED lights

Re: Electrical LED lights

Re: Electrical LED lights

Re: Electrical LED lights