ᐅ Lighting and Electrical Planning in New Construction

Created on: 8 May 2021 08:10
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Hendrik1980
Dear forum,

we are currently planning the construction of our single-family house. Last week, I created an initial draft for the lighting and electrical installation, which I would like to share here for discussion.
Do you think I should reduce the number of recessed ceiling lights? Are the power outlets sufficient? I look forward to your comments!

Floor plan ground floor: residential house K7 (Kley) with living, dining area, and kitchen.


Floor plan upper floor of a residential house K7 (Kley) with rooms, hallway, bathroom, and technical symbols.
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Martial.white
8 May 2021 13:22
I am currently in the same phase. We removed many direct spotlights and will instead use wall-mounted fixtures for indirect lighting.

Don’t forget the mounting boxes for the Wi-Fi access points! The steel-reinforced concrete ceilings block the signal from the router.
Hendrik19808 May 2021 22:05
Martial.white schrieb:

I’m currently in the same stage. We removed a lot of direct spotlights and are going to install indirect lighting on the walls instead.

Don’t forget flush-mount boxes for the Wi-Fi access points! The concrete ceilings block the signal from the router.
How did you arrange the indirect lighting on the walls? I’ve also been thinking about flush-mount boxes. The router will probably go in the office (upper floor), so I’ll likely need an access point on the ground floor and on the terrace as well, right?
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Gudeen.
8 May 2021 22:20
Forget the Wi-Fi integrated in the router and install an access point as centrally as possible on the ceiling in both the ground floor and upper floor (e.g., Ubiquiti or similar).
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ypg
8 May 2021 22:27
.... usually one ceiling outlet per room is sufficient 🙄
Hendrik19808 May 2021 22:33
ypg schrieb:

.... usually one ceiling outlet per room is enough 🙄
One access point per room??? Isn’t that over the top?
Yaso2.08 May 2021 22:43
Hendrik1980 schrieb:

One access point per room??? Isn’t that over the top?

A ceiling outlet is a connection point for a ceiling light, not for access points.

We have also omitted recessed spotlights throughout the entire house, except in the bathroom. For the kitchen, there will be surface-mounted spotlights; we planned the wiring (ceiling outlets) accordingly, as recommended by our kitchen planner for optimal lighting.