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Wiring lights

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  • 26-08-2014 3:06pm
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    monseiur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    When wiring standard ceiling lights, should the live be looped through the ceiling rose or switch, what is best practice ?

    M.


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    hufpc8w3adnk65
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    monseiur wrote: »
    Hi all,
    When wiring standard ceiling lights, should the live be looped through the ceiling rose or switch, what is best practice ?

    M.

    Huh?


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    salmocab
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    Do you mean live to switch and then to fitting and secondly live to fitting into the middle connector then a pair of browns used to bring the live to the switch and back up. The first way is fairly standard and the second is called 3 plate. Both are fine


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    monseiur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭monseiur


    salmocab wrote: »
    Do you mean live to switch and then to fitting and secondly live to fitting into the middle connector then a pair of browns used to bring the live to the switch and back up. The first way is fairly standard and the second is called 3 plate. Both are fine

    Basically what I'm asking is, when wiring say a standard house is the live wire looped from the ceiling rose from one room to the next or looped from the switch. Is there an industry standard practice here ?
    I've seen it done both ways in Canada.

    M.


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    2011
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    Both methods that you described are used.
    Neither method would be considered bad practice.


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