No chance!!!yes, i've changed loads and i'd guess about 75% have borrowed neutrals, now you try telling customer of the need to sort this out, you may as well slip yer striped jersey and swag bag on, rcbo's wont help as both will trip on switching, 17th ed should have simply been an amendment to the 16th and soley concerned bathrooms/rooms of higher risk and all types of external wiring, job done, my money is on a revised issue coming very shortly and not before time
wherever the particular bulb gets its live from..OK - how do you wire the lighting on the stairs? Should the neutral for both switches come from the same lighting circuit (upstairs?)
I hope not specs i always wire my landing light into my downstair circuit that does the hallway light.Blushing]wherever the particular bulb gets its live from..it must get its neutral from the same circuit!!!
for some weird reason people think is OK to cross lighting circuit wiring..
but if thats OK then why not swap socket outlet wiring as well???
Just wire your upstairs & downstairs lights as norm..
and run 3-core+e between any switches you need as two way!!
somewhere, cant remember at the moment, but it advises to have separate circuits suppling landing & hall..
such that if one circuit fails you still have light at either top of bottom of stairs!
forgot to add new extensionBlushingI am doing board change at the mo all lights in house on one circuit owner would not rewire lights,also wiring double extension in same house so separated upstairs and down on new circuits best could be done with this one.
The homeowners won't be happy. Have they paid you?forgot to add new extensionBlushing
ok boys pull up a chair... its story time...I hope not specs i always wire my landing light into my downstair circuit that does the hallway light.Blushing] I read a long time ago this was the way to do it ,specifically to avoid the dangerous borrowed neutral situation.
I think i might be out of date Please don't use the birch twigs on me:_|Pray
{turns the page.. page 102! }Chapter 8.12 Lighting circuits - general.Lighting in household premises should be served by one or more designated radial final circuits, according to the size and layout of the property. Where practicable more than one circuit should be provided, even in small premises, so as to avoid the loss of all lighting should one circuit be disconnected due to the operations of its circuit protective device.
obviously this is just guidance..It is desirable for areas such as a hallway and stairs to be served by separate circuits so that some light for the stairs is still available should one of the circuits be disconnected..
314.1 Every installation shall be divided into circuits, as necessary to;(iii) take account of danger that may arise from the failure of a single circuit such as a lighting circuit.
Applaud SmileyI did a "Pushy Shovey" on Specs. :^O :^O:^O
oh eh... 2000+Oh, and Congratulations on passing your 2,000 mark, Sir. Applaud Smiley
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