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Outside light and timer, switch required?

Former Community Member over 3 years ago

Hi, I have to install an led outside light and a timer will be installed indoor to control.

The timer will get a feed from a room light switch.

The light wont have a pir just timer controlled.

Would it be normal practice to have a 1 pole or 2 pole (for neutral isolation) after the timer to isolate outside light for any safety purposes, or is this overkill and unnecessary?

Also timers normally have an override so won't need a separate switch for that purpose either.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you

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0 AJJewsbury over 3 years ago

A plug and socket outlet are a perfectly good means of isolation - Table 537.4.
Indeed .. unlike a normal lightswitch - which as well as not being suitable for isolation, these days isn't suitable for ‘switching off for mechanical maintenance’ (e.g. changing the lamp) either (as 537.3.2.1, perhaps somewhat bizarrely, now calls up the requirements for full isolation).
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0 AJJewsbury over 3 years ago

A plug and socket outlet are a perfectly good means of isolation - Table 537.4.
Indeed .. unlike a normal lightswitch - which as well as not being suitable for isolation, these days isn't suitable for ‘switching off for mechanical maintenance’ (e.g. changing the lamp) either (as 537.3.2.1, perhaps somewhat bizarrely, now calls up the requirements for full isolation).
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