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Tips on new home build.

11 years ago

Hello everyone,

A newby to all this so would love any advice on our electrical plan below. We've not yet started building but will do so in a few months. I'm wanting to make sure we do things right before we begin. I found myself taking parts out (e.g. lights on poles), inserting others (power points were not included in the initial plan), changing layout of the rooms and now feel like I'm lost. If there is anyone with some tips on how we can improve our electrical plan, I'd love to hear from you. I'm also open to suggestions on types of lights as I wouldn't know one from the other - still doing research on this. The house has a ceiling (as opposed to exposed rafters) operating on 240V. We live on a tropical island. Thanking you all in advance.

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  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    That appears to only be the lighting plan (other than the two recpetacles in the bedroom). Looks like sufficient lighting. Do you have other electrical plans? Also this forum is highly North American (US/Canada) centric and your plan appears to be some other country.

    leilahnelsie thanked Ron Natalie
  • 11 years ago

    Thank you Ron and no, I don't have any other plans. I could be overthinking this (I've done that quite a lot for this project) so I guess I just have to remind myself to take a breather every now and then. My husband says there's sufficient light but thought to share and invite comments/advice. Thanks again.

  • 11 years ago

    I think Ron was suggesting that you had Under thought your plan. Aren't you planning to use electricity for things besides lights? Hair dryer, electric tooth brush in the bathroom? Small appliances in the kitchen or everywhere else?

    leilahnelsie thanked chas045
  • 11 years ago

    Thanks chas045. I've since changed the plan (don't have the proper software so did as best I could) below. In the Cook Islands we operate on a 240V AC (don't know if that's the correct term) power supply. The red triangle is for a 3-phase oven and the solid blue line is the same as the dotted black. A bit messy but I think the crux of the plan stands out. Looking forward to the comments.

  • 11 years ago

    I will leave serious analysis to the more professional folks here. However, we did build out our kitchen and I had them put in lots of outlets (the double sockets) all over the working areas. I just counted eight in my main working area. That includes a double set in a corner appliance coral. I also have three more in an adjacent kitchen area. I am glad that I have all of them. The adjacent area could do with even more because it doubles as a phone and other assorted electronic stuff area.

    I don't know what your double sockets look like, but I should point out that in the US, some of our electrical stuff comes with a large transformer or whatever at the plug. This often takes extra space that prevents use of the second socket.

    leilahnelsie thanked chas045