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Smart switch alexa is does it count
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So looking through regs items need to be switched to be controlled. So does an Alexa for type switch count. If you run a normal switch then add Alexa bulb say at some point someone will turn off the switch and the item will over time deprogramme. Therefore you could short back of switch giving constant power and solving problem but is that within the regs?
What is applicable is the definition of mechanical maintenance
Agreed - especially as 'replacement, refurbishment or cleaning of lamps' is still part of the definition of mechanical maintenance. However the requirements for switching off for mechanical maintenance are, in the 18th, tantamount to complete isolation - so that conventional light switches no longer comply with the requirements - so we're probably back to using the MCB (on TN systems) or main switch/RCCB (on TT) anyway.
What is applicable is the definition of mechanical maintenance
Agreed - especially as 'replacement, refurbishment or cleaning of lamps' is still part of the definition of mechanical maintenance. However the requirements for switching off for mechanical maintenance are, in the 18th, tantamount to complete isolation - so that conventional light switches no longer comply with the requirements - so we're probably back to using the MCB (on TN systems) or main switch/RCCB (on TT) anyway.
