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Surface mount junction box and pull switch

JDW

I need to surface mount a 4 terminal junction box & pull switch with plastic trunking, I don’t like using the cheap junction boxes (or plastic trunking) but it needs to be white as it’s on a ceiling.

I’ve got the fire clips for the trunking, but does the cable need to be secured in the JB and pull switch?  

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    Does having an additional switch on each light cause any problems?  

    I would have preferred one switch for each light, but it would be impossible as I cannot get access to the above property   

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    Nothing electrically wrong in the arrangement, but it is a little unusual. Some risk of confusion if the users fail to understand that both the wall switch AND the local pull cord switch must be turned on.

    Some users are unable to grasp the difference between TWO WAY switching whereby a light may be controlled from two locations, and the arrangement described.

    This used to be common in large offices and works, in order that the manager could turn off ALL the lights with one switch or a small group of switches near the exit, but each worker could turn their own light on or of as desired.

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    broadgage said:
    This used to be common in large offices and works, in order that the manager could turn off ALL the lights with one switch or a small group of switches near the exit, but each worker could turn their own light on or of as desired.

    Thank you, you have perfectly described it, that’s how it works at this shop.

    They just want the old tube battens replacing for LED lights 

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    broadgage said:
    This used to be common in large offices and works, in order that the manager could turn off ALL the lights with one switch or a small group of switches near the exit, but each worker could turn their own light on or of as desired.

    Thank you, you have perfectly described it, that’s how it works at this shop.

    They just want the old tube battens replacing for LED lights 

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