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Can you overload a lighting circuit

My question is if you’ve got a lighting circuit and you ad addition loads to the circuit will this always trip the breaker if you add too much load on a circuit? 


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  • GeorgeCooke:

    I always say putting a 13a socket on a lighting circuit is bad practice. I can't really understand why it is permitted.


    Outside of domestics it's quite common to have lights on some kind of plug & socket arrangement (often blue 16A ones) - I'm thinking of the likes of major railway stations with the light fittings way up high above the platforms. Much easier and safer to be able unplug & unhook the entire fitting and bring it down to ground level to work on.


      - Andy.


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  • GeorgeCooke:

    I always say putting a 13a socket on a lighting circuit is bad practice. I can't really understand why it is permitted.


    Outside of domestics it's quite common to have lights on some kind of plug & socket arrangement (often blue 16A ones) - I'm thinking of the likes of major railway stations with the light fittings way up high above the platforms. Much easier and safer to be able unplug & unhook the entire fitting and bring it down to ground level to work on.


      - Andy.


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