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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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    After a few years electricians fail to be surprised that a alarm is connected to an lighting circuit.


    We do get caught out, for example a few years ago I wired a replacement central heating boiler and ripped out the disused central heating programmer in the kitchen and disconnecting all the cables to it.


    The next day the customer was on the phone to the plumbing company moaning that I had disconnected the cooker extractor hood, bearing in mind this job was a hours drive away I said it wasn’t really my problem, but I would call in the following week to sort it out whilst I was in the area doing another job, but I wasn’t going to spend half a day specifically going back to that job.


    The customer wasn’t very happy at being told they were going to have to wait a week, but you cannot go through life taking responsibility for everything that was done by a kitchen fitter or DIYer did many years before.


    Bear in mind if the label on the consumer unit said immersion heater, central heating and cooker hood you would be forewarned.


    Andy Betteridge
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    After a few years electricians fail to be surprised that a alarm is connected to an lighting circuit.


    We do get caught out, for example a few years ago I wired a replacement central heating boiler and ripped out the disused central heating programmer in the kitchen and disconnecting all the cables to it.


    The next day the customer was on the phone to the plumbing company moaning that I had disconnected the cooker extractor hood, bearing in mind this job was a hours drive away I said it wasn’t really my problem, but I would call in the following week to sort it out whilst I was in the area doing another job, but I wasn’t going to spend half a day specifically going back to that job.


    The customer wasn’t very happy at being told they were going to have to wait a week, but you cannot go through life taking responsibility for everything that was done by a kitchen fitter or DIYer did many years before.


    Bear in mind if the label on the consumer unit said immersion heater, central heating and cooker hood you would be forewarned.


    Andy Betteridge
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