5A sockets

[musicspark]

can 5A sockets be connected to a lighting circuit?

 

[Apache]

Yes - that is what they are for!

(you mean the round pin ones?)

 

[musicspark]

never fitted them before but 5A docket on 6A breaker?????????

Any other tips would be welcome

 

[sellers]

its like a double socket on a 20amp breaker (2 x 13A)

The likelyhood is that your going to have a 60w (0.26A) lamp in the light fitting.

 

[kme]

Concur

 

[Lurch]

never fitted them before but 5A docket on 6A breaker?????????

You've never used 5A connectors on a lighting circuit with a 6A breaker?

 

[sparkytim]

See BRB pG 74

433.3.1 (ii)

 

[PBC_1966]

but 5A docket on 6A breaker?????????

The old Wiring Regs. from when BS546 sockets were commonplace specified that a 5A socket could be wired on a branch circuit rated up to 15A maximum. The assumed demand on a 5A socket was to be 5A (surprise!), meaning that in theory three 5A sockets could be wired on a 15A circuit, although in practice many installations ended up with more than that for convenience, with loading extremely unlikely to be 5A on every socket due to diversity.

The specified demand for 2A sockets, which were more intended for use on lighting circuits, was "at least 0.5 ampere."