Connecting GU10 LEDs or Halogen Lights to Mains: Plasterboard Shelf Lighting Solution

Hi,

I have not found a similar thread so I will describe the situation.

I want to make a plasterboard shelf in one of the rooms and install lighting in it (I have not decided yet whether LED or halogen lamps) in GU10 luminaires, which will nicely illuminate the stone wall. And here the question arose - how to power these halogen lights / LEDs. Normally, I would have to put a new power cord in the ceiling and change the switch to a double one, but I do not have the money and time to renovate the entire room. That's why I came up with the idea - and that's why I'm asking you - to power these bulbs from a 230V socket. I will not plug directly into the socket, but I would like to connect to the socket with a cable.

The wall should look like this:



.. and a (sketchy) diagram of the connection of the whole



Generally, I would like to make a cable with two plugs on both sides: one would connect to the extension cord / electrical socket, and the other side to this installation (i.e. the socket that I will lead out on the built-in plasterboard.

I understand if you comment badly about the idea, but unfortunately connecting to the lighting installation in the room forces me to renovate the entire room (forging in the walls and ceiling for new cables), and I do not have money and time for that.

I will be grateful for your support and other, maybe better, ideas.

[EDIT]

I think I exaggerated with this two-plug cable Change of concept - as there is one socket on this wall, I have a plan to carve some wall and connect to the socket in the LL and LV box, without the PE wire. It will be safer.

You drove terribly. You will plug in one plug and in the other there will be voltage on the pins.
Make one extra socket on a board wall is best.

D214d3k wrote:

You drove terribly. You will plug in one plug and in the other there will be voltage on the pins.

Therefore, I corrected my mistake in the first post ... rethought and changed the concept.

D214d3k wrote:

Make one extra socket on a board wall is best.

But I do not understand the additional socket in the plate wall either ... why ... if I plug into the existing socket to the box and connect the cable to the switch. I consider creating an additional socket unnecessary ... unless someone explains what the purpose of such a socket would be.

The purpose of this is not to interfere with the existing wiring and not to mix up the socket circuit with lighting (if you have one). However, if you have such a plan, follow it. Apart from the above-mentioned reasons, there is nothing (any more) there.

D214d3k wrote:

The purpose of this is not to interfere with the existing wiring and not to mix up the socket circuit with lighting (if you have one).

Below is the situation I am describing ... I want to plug into this socket (marked).



This is the first such situation in an apartment. In addition, creating an additional socket will force me to forge a groove for a new cable in the wall and plug into it, so I can immediately plug in the power supply of these bulbs. And most importantly - in the shelf I will prepare everything for the eventuality, but if I ever replace the installation - then I will only pass the wires, and in the socket box I will remove this connection.

I would like to add that nothing power-hungry is ever connected to the socket ... at most a phone charger or an alarm clock

robertotg wrote:

I will add that nothing power-hungry is ever connected to the socket ...

Irrelevant. Today it is not and tomorrow someone will connect the iron.
The socket circuit is also the socket circuit. You can attach your device (in fact, a slightly more complex night lamp) with a plug. And everything will be fine.