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Numerous Lights from one switch

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Hi All I was wondering if using the attached diagram would this be a good design for switching on numerous number of lights in one switch. I assume it is in some form of daisy chain. Its the one that I have rung?.Jimmy

Required Lighting Circuit for one switch operation to light 12 lights at once.pdf
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    AJJewsbury:
    "Effective controls" means that they switch on and off reliably.

    Ah, but where is that written?


    And how does merely being able to switch lights on and off (in perhaps huge inappropriate groups) lend itself to the stated aim of conservation of power?


    While I agree that it's certainly not literally a building regulation - it does seem clear that the guidance sets out the minimum of what is considered reasonable in order to comply. Achieve the same or better ends in some other way would be fine of course, but trying to justify some lesser solution on the basis that it's not spelled out in detail in the actual building regulations, I suspect won't win the day with a BCO.


    The word is "effective" and not "efficient" as I am sure that you, Andy, appreciate. A judge would ask himself or herself, "what is the ordinary meaning of the word?"


    It is all very well apparently quoting Regulations, that is with a capital R, but please let us not read into them that which is not written!


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    AJJewsbury:
    "Effective controls" means that they switch on and off reliably.

    Ah, but where is that written?


    And how does merely being able to switch lights on and off (in perhaps huge inappropriate groups) lend itself to the stated aim of conservation of power?


    While I agree that it's certainly not literally a building regulation - it does seem clear that the guidance sets out the minimum of what is considered reasonable in order to comply. Achieve the same or better ends in some other way would be fine of course, but trying to justify some lesser solution on the basis that it's not spelled out in detail in the actual building regulations, I suspect won't win the day with a BCO.


    The word is "effective" and not "efficient" as I am sure that you, Andy, appreciate. A judge would ask himself or herself, "what is the ordinary meaning of the word?"


    It is all very well apparently quoting Regulations, that is with a capital R, but please let us not read into them that which is not written!


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