Landing and hall way lights

[bright.spark]

Right Im very confused with the landing and hallway lights. Basically the customer wants to operate downstairs lights,downstairs plus also opperate the upstairs lights downstairs and vice versa. What I am planning on doing is running a twin and earth from each switch to the relevent light eg, downstairs switch to downstairs lights. Next Im going to run two 3 core and earths between the two switches. and put two two way light switches in. Is this correct procedure, because Ive heard all stories about borrowed neutrals? Also if I wire it my way and keep the upstairs and downstairs seperate if one level is isolated potentually the light switch could be live on that level due to the strappers, is this ok? Sorry if its long winded.

 

[ProDave]

2 way lighting on both is fine and IMO is a good idea.

If you are worried about 2 live feeds from different circuits in the same switch, then make sure both landing and hall light are on same circuit.

Personally I never split light circuits up and down, I split them front of house and back of house so it's easy to get hall and landing on same circuit. This has the advantage of when a circuit trips (when a bulb blows) there are always some lights still working on each floor of the house.

 

[bright.spark]

Thats a good idea, on my next rewire I will do front and back. As for now Ive already wired all of the up and most of the downstairs so it will have to stay for now. Just to confirm, Im not breaking regulations by having two feeds in one switch am I? I and being really picky of this whole install because its for my napit assesment. Thanks again.

 

[Megaohm7]

Landing and hallway lights their own circuit is fine especially if you have enough ways on the CU like most modern ones do these days. If your upstairs lights trip out then you always have a light on the landing to see your way around.

 

[Larnacaman]

As ProDave said, ....if your conserned/worried, feed both from either the upstairs or downstairs circuit. Which is how i would have wired it..... Not sure if there is a problem with the Regs these days, having two feeds from different circuits in the same switch, never used to be....

 

[Apache]

Not sure if there is a problem with the Regs these days, having two feeds from different circuits in the same switch, never used to be....

Has been discussed many times and is not a problem.

 

[steptoe]

I usually have the landing light fed from downstairs circuit,

that way if upstairs lights do trip then still have a light to get downstairs.

makes the wiring just as easy too when in the hallway.

 

[Barx]

As steps says. I always put landing on downstairs. And in this situation it would be twin from each light to its corresponding switch and then 2 twins for strappers. No need for 3 core. If they are off different circuits then yes you need to run 3 cores for strappers.

Sent from my Desire Z

 

[Andy™]

old thread, resurected by a spammer

 

[Barx]

ha, not even noticed. Sorry chaps

 

[Doc Hudson]

No problem Barx, the spam e-mail has been deleted, althought it currently looks as though you resurrected the thread, there was another August 2011 post following Steptoes Nov 2010 post.

Doc H.