ᐅ Light connection installed in the wrong location for the guest bathroom

Created on: 25 Jan 2020 20:36
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Janbaut
Hello,

I am currently trying to solve a problem in our guest bathroom. Contrary to the original plan, the light connection for the toilet was installed on the wall instead of the ceiling, directly above the washbasin. A mirror is supposed to be installed there.

The bathroom is very small, only 2 sqm (22 sq ft).

Do you have any solutions for this issue? Would lighting from a mirror with built-in illumination be sufficient? Do you have any experience with that?

I have attached a picture of the bathroom. Unfortunately, the light connection is not visible. You can roughly see where the light comes from. At the moment, there is a bare bulb holder installed.

Small bathroom with wall-mounted toilet, wall-hung washbasin, chrome faucet, and gray patterned floor tiles.
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Andre77
26 Jan 2020 21:54
But if the cable is sticking directly out of the ceiling, there isn’t much you can do about plastering over it.
seth048727 Jan 2020 07:28
In our guest bathroom, we also have two heating sources: one on the wall (behind the mirror) and one on the ceiling. Both can be controlled separately so you don’t have to turn on both at the same time.

However, there is also a shower in the guest bathroom. Without the shower, probably just the wall outlet would have been enough...
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Andre77
27 Jan 2020 10:38
Yes, I am also currently thinking about a two-way switch.

Is the wiring for a single switch different from that for a two-way switch? In other words, can the same wiring be used easily for both, or would you have needed to plan for the two-way version already when installing the cables?
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Nordlys
27 Jan 2020 10:45
What does a series circuit mean to you?
Do you mean switch a turns the light on and b turns it off? Then it requires a 5-core cable.
Or do you mean a switch with 2 toggles, each toggle controlling one light completely independently? Then a 3-core cable is sufficient.
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Andre77
27 Jan 2020 10:49
a split switch that can control A and B separately

So is only the number of conductors decisive?
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Steffi33
27 Jan 2020 12:45
My husband likes to turn on the mirror light (I find it a bit cool), and I prefer the ceiling light, which has a nice warm tone. Each light on its own is bright enough.