Can someone explain simply how 3 plate wiring is done?

[cairns]

Yeah if someone could explain to me how 3 plate wiring is done, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

John

 

[Mac]

Don't want to sound disrespectful mate but are you a spark

 

[Des 56]

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Hi all, I'm a 11 week old apprentice spark


The live and neutral are taken to a ceiling rose
A live and neutral are taken to the next ceiling rose
A live and neutral are taken to the next ceiling rose and so on to feed however many light points

A live and a switched live are taken to the switch position
The connections at the ceiling rose are such that the live in is diverted to the switch and returned to the rose (via the switched live) ,it then feeds through the lamp and is connected to neutral where it returns to the supply to complete the circuit

At the rose,connect the 3 browns together
The switched live brown to one side of the lamp
The blue neutrals to the other side of thelamp


Mind you,at 11 weeks old,it seems very young to start your training

 

[cairns]

Don't want to sound disrespectful mate but are you a spark

I've just started.

lol, I'm getting gunned hard for saying that.

 

[eskimo39]

Is this not the same as the loop in method?

 

[Guest123]

Is this not the same as the loop in method?

Indeed.

Just a different name is all. Some folks may say "loop in" at switches also.

 

[eskimo39]

Thank god for that, thought I was missing some cool new way to wire lighting. All through college it was always refered to the 'Loop In' method.

On my own jobs, I always wire a live and neutral to swithes and take SW's from there.