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  1. K

    Socket added in loft to lighting circuit - unearthed

    I recently had CCTV installed and the contractor installed a plug socket in my loft, spurred from the lighting circuit - which is unearthed. He added a four-plug extension lead to take the plugs for the four cameras. Is this safe? Or should I be concerned? Many thanks for any advice and help. Karen
  2. S

    Lighting Circuit Fault

    New Member and wannabe electrician. I'm teaching myself for now for obvious reasons. My problem is an extension light circuit and the conundrum is: The circuit will only work / operate from the main circuit breaker. As soon as I wire a switch into the circuit it will not stay on and...
  3. S

    Lighting circuit controlled by a time clock and photo cell through a contactor

    Hi gents, I am going to a job to install some new external lighting on a factory on Monday. There are 5 new circuits to run in total. They want these to be controlled by a time clock an photo cell but also run through a key switch and contactor. It’s been some time since I wired contactors and...
    • Sean burge
    • Thread
    • circuit clock contactor controlled lighting lighting circuit photo through time
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Talk Electrician
  4. Pete999

    Didn't realise you could PATest a lighting circuit 1.0 min into the vid approx

  5. D

    Lighting circuit from an RCBO

    Hi, I'm fitting a new lighting circuit into my garage consumer unit that will feed 2x outside wall lights. I plan on using a two way circuit to have an external switch and one located inside the house. The attached picture is how i plan on wiring but i have one question about the Neutral feed...
  6. B

    AM2 lighting circuit

    Hi got AM2 in a few weeks, on the build there’s a 2 way and intermediate to wire up, I know how to wire one up but the way they want it doing is not the way I have ever done or the way I would do it, you need a neutral at every switch, from DB to first switch in T+E then 3 core to intermediate...
  7. diyterry

    Lighting circuit from ring main

    I expect it's a big no no but is it permissable to create a new lighting circuit ( just for one light ) from a spur off a ring main?
    • diyterry
    • Thread
    • circuit lighting lighting circuit main ring ring main
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  8. O

    No CPC on lighting circuit ............

    OK, lets have a decent discussion about this as I'm sure there will be a number of opinions! Have done an EICR on a 40 + year old flat. The lighting circuit is wired in singles and utilises the steel conduit as the CPC. Out of the 6 lights and using my R2 wander lead, only 2 have an acceptable...
  9. T

    No cpc to lighting circuit, no rcd protection 50 year old wiring

    Hi just thought I'd throw this out here for a bit of light entertainment after the @Marvo thread (phew!) So brother in law asked me to look at EICR which returned unsatisfactory. I have not looked at the installation to ascertain as to Class 1 or 2 fittings in the premises are installed. The...
    • The Ghost
    • Thread
    • circuit cpc lighting lighting circuit old protection rcd wiring
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. CDB

    Lighting Circuit r1+r2 values.

    Hi, I was doing my r1+r2 tests on a lighting circuit yesterday in a 6 bed house over 3 floors. Approximately 20 points not including switches. Mainly pendants but some light bars etc and almost all LED or low energy halogen type bulbs. Closed circuit r1+r2 values range from 0.88 on ground...
    • CDB
    • Thread
    • circuit lighting lighting circuit r1+r2 values
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. Les Macaulay

    Domestic Lighting Circuit Methods In New Builds

    To my knowledge, there are 3 methods of splitting the line conductor in each lighting circuit: Joint box below floor, or above ceiling Three terminal ceiling rose/batten lampholder Joint in switch box (neutral) I am wondering which method is most commonly used in new houses. I have been in...
  12. charlie76

    2.5mm Lighting Circuit

    If someone has run a 2.5mm lighting circuit spurred from a ring final on a B16 breaker, I am assuming there is no need to have a fused spur where the lighting circuit comes off the ring final?
  13. Michaelwgroves

    Inductance on lighting circuit

    i installed a new CU yesterday. During testing I noticed 15-30v on the 2-way lights circuits while off. I traced this back to cables being run together and caused by inductance. I can't separate the cables. Should I worry about this, anything I can do? Thanks, Michael
  14. A

    Electrician Jobs Switch for entire lighting circuit?

    my eldest son has autism and learning disabilities. One of his behaviours is messing around with lights - either switching them on and off rapidly for a few seconds or going around switching on all the lights in the middle of the day. Yes, we could go into the kitchen cupboard and use the mcb...
    • Alanm1969
    • Thread
    • circuit lighting lighting circuit switch
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Electricians Jobs
  15. 2

    junctionbox in pub lighting circuit?

    Hi all, I am rewiring the lighting circuit in an old pub. It wasn't until running the new cable that I discovered the circuit branched off to a porch light through a junction box under the floorboards. This is where the circuit originally shorted out. I've completed the rest of the circuit and...
  16. N

    No Spare Way for Shower Can Move Doorbell to Share Lighting Circuit or put Doorbell on Switch Spur?

    Hello, New builder and Electrician started today to wire-in electric shower to wire already in place for it. They phoned to say that the new consumer unit that old builder's Electrician put in, which is a 10-way, has no spare way for the shower cable which wasn't wired in. I spoke to old...
    • Novice12
    • Thread
    • circuit doorbell electrician lighting lighting circuit share sharing shower spare spur switch
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. D

    high r1+r2 on lighting circuit

    Hi all, Strange one today that i've never seen before - hoping someone else may have seen this... Wiring an additional outside bulkhead today - couldn't easily get to the last fitting to take a switch wire from there so split the switch wire as close as i could to the fitting and wired in a...
    • daveb
    • Thread
    • before circuit lighting lighting circuit other r1+r2 tester thing
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. P

    Lighting Circuit Trip Problem

    Hi Guys Help! The 6 amp MCB for a downstairs lighting circuit keeps tripping, sometimes instantly, sometimes slowly. An IR check live to earth gives >200 Meg on the 250 Volt range (I don't want to blow up the dimmers!) when all light switches are OFF! This reduces to near short circuit when you...
    • Piratepete
    • Thread
    • circuit fault lighting lighting circuit neutral problem switch switches trip
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. Leader

    What would be your method? New lighting circuit

    Evening, I am rewiring my house and would like to put spotlights (around 10) in my kitchen. I was thinking loop in at the switch (from previous rose and to rose in next room) and then run the t&e cable (l,n & cpc) from one spot to the next to the next. Is this correct? (Usual caveat- I'm still...
  20. C

    Boiler wired from lighting circuit

    Hello. I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I had a new boiler fitted a few months ago. An electrician came and wired it up and left me a Minor Electrical Installation Works certificate. ive just had a plumber round to check the work and he says the electrician has wired the boiler from the...
    • concerned321
    • Thread
    • boiler circuit electrician lighting lighting circuit wired
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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