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New way to wire lighting circuits

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Hello,


Does anyone know anything about a new rule to wire lighting circuits so that they have a live, neutral and earth running the full length of the circuit? I heard something about this last year but cannot pinpoint it in the 18th Edition Regs.


Apparently, a light now has to be wired so that the neutral running to the switch is USED as a neutral, and not as a switched live.


Anyone else heard of this?


Thanks,


David
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    The switched fuse spur as a light switch is quite common for situations on the end of a long feed, like sheds / outbuildings, or places where the lighting circuit does not need to go, such as cellars, understairs cupboards or for the wall lights in modest conservatories.

    Electrically it is fine, after all combined lights and power is the continental way, and they seem to have no  issues with it.

    The slight weakness is that if you do manage to trip the sockets off, you lose those lights as well, so maybe not ideal for living areas or situations like a kitchen, where being plunged into dark while holding something sharp or hot would be an issue.

    Still no worse than a small flat with one RCD for everything, and there are lots of those.

    regards Mike.
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    The switched fuse spur as a light switch is quite common for situations on the end of a long feed, like sheds / outbuildings, or places where the lighting circuit does not need to go, such as cellars, understairs cupboards or for the wall lights in modest conservatories.

    Electrically it is fine, after all combined lights and power is the continental way, and they seem to have no  issues with it.

    The slight weakness is that if you do manage to trip the sockets off, you lose those lights as well, so maybe not ideal for living areas or situations like a kitchen, where being plunged into dark while holding something sharp or hot would be an issue.

    Still no worse than a small flat with one RCD for everything, and there are lots of those.

    regards Mike.
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