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Leaving awkward existing loft lighting on a rewire?

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Hi, just starting out on my own. I have a house rewire for a friend. He has a converted loft room with about 10 spotlights. Id prefer to rewire it all with new cable but it looks as though all the plasterboard would have to come down to do that. If I was to keep the existing cables and they test OK do I just note it on the EIC? Such as “Full rewire installation excluding loft lighting cables”. Can the same be done for any other circuit or section of wiring? Thanks for the help.

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    I solder the new and old live conductors together with an overlapping joint, then just enough tape to prevent the edge of the sheath getting stuck. With this method I don't have to worry about a knot coming undone.

    That sounds like hard work - not to mention hot works on site.

    My usual method with T&E is to split both ends lengthways and cut half the width away (keeping one core and it's half of the sheath) so that both ends can overlap while keeping within the overall cable diameter - wrap with tape (just overlapping but pulled tight) starting at end to be pulled through last. 4-6" of overlap taped like that seems quite strong enough for most pulls - if you needed more force to pull it through you'd likely damaging the cable on something anyway.

      - Andy.

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    I solder the new and old live conductors together with an overlapping joint, then just enough tape to prevent the edge of the sheath getting stuck. With this method I don't have to worry about a knot coming undone.

    That sounds like hard work - not to mention hot works on site.

    My usual method with T&E is to split both ends lengthways and cut half the width away (keeping one core and it's half of the sheath) so that both ends can overlap while keeping within the overall cable diameter - wrap with tape (just overlapping but pulled tight) starting at end to be pulled through last. 4-6" of overlap taped like that seems quite strong enough for most pulls - if you needed more force to pull it through you'd likely damaging the cable on something anyway.

      - Andy.

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