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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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    One of the advantages, as far as TV aerial guys are concerned, is that you can dog the wires of the TV amplifier into the back of a bedroom light fitting, not so for an electrician who is fault finding.


    These days it is likely to be a Bluetooth speaker above the bathroom that is dogged into the back of the light fitting, having the speaker coming on and going off with the bathroom light could be advantageous, however only being able to watch TV in a house whilst a bedroom light is on would not be.


    Burglar alarm guys also regularly connected into the lighting circuit in the loft and dropped a supply into the airing cupboard, they tend to be less than impressed when they don’t find a permanent live in a light ceiling rose. 


     Andy Betteridge
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    One of the advantages, as far as TV aerial guys are concerned, is that you can dog the wires of the TV amplifier into the back of a bedroom light fitting, not so for an electrician who is fault finding.


    These days it is likely to be a Bluetooth speaker above the bathroom that is dogged into the back of the light fitting, having the speaker coming on and going off with the bathroom light could be advantageous, however only being able to watch TV in a house whilst a bedroom light is on would not be.


    Burglar alarm guys also regularly connected into the lighting circuit in the loft and dropped a supply into the airing cupboard, they tend to be less than impressed when they don’t find a permanent live in a light ceiling rose. 


     Andy Betteridge
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