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What is the best way to wire ceiling lights?

Arran Cameron
The ceiling rose junction box with its loop-in wiring is now really showing its age and is no longer a practical (or even safe) installation for most residents who wish to install fancy light fittings. It is still, however, the most common arrangement for new build houses and rewires, probably as the result of the electrician's training and how they consider it to be the norm or they cannot think of (potentially better) alternatives.


So, what is the best way to wire ceiling lights? Should neutral wires be taken to the switches or not?
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    ebee:

    3/ Looping in at hidden junction boxes in lofts or under floorboards I just do not like at all.




    Does the same apply to Surewire junction boxes in the same way as the old fashioned round junction boxes?


    Surewire junction light and switch junction boxes are available in two sizes - 2 lights and 4 lights - and multiple junction boxes can be connected in either a loop-in or a radial topology. As previously stated, they are MF and have cable clamps.


    I'm wondering what electricians think of them and whether any install them on a regular basis.


    I don't have any connections with or financial interests in Surewire.


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    ebee:

    3/ Looping in at hidden junction boxes in lofts or under floorboards I just do not like at all.




    Does the same apply to Surewire junction boxes in the same way as the old fashioned round junction boxes?


    Surewire junction light and switch junction boxes are available in two sizes - 2 lights and 4 lights - and multiple junction boxes can be connected in either a loop-in or a radial topology. As previously stated, they are MF and have cable clamps.


    I'm wondering what electricians think of them and whether any install them on a regular basis.


    I don't have any connections with or financial interests in Surewire.


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