Lighting wired in singles

[wallyanker]

Hello, can anyone explain the reason for this.

Went to a friends the other day as the RCD was tripping regularly, pinpointed it to a faulty dishwasher, anyway........

Whilst I was there in the loft doing another job, I noticed the lighting was wired in singles, the live and earth loop in&out was at the switch, neutral loop in&out at the light fitting. Why would it have been wired this way and not looped at the same place?

Thanks
Pete

 

[Rockingit]

Sounds to me like a diy'er who couldn't work out his loop and switching.

Just a thought....does that mean the light is switching on the neutral not the live?

 

[wallyanker]

Its a relatively new house, I would say 10 years, and was wired this way when built. The entire upstairs lighting is wired this way

 

[Rockingit]

Well, starting with the basics, there's nothing wrong with wiring in singles so long as they're in conduit or trunking etc, my guess is not?

Second, I can't see any benefit to a pro installer at all - even if you had miles of single left over from another job then you still wouldn't do it this way, it's just too much like hard work. The house may have been wired from new, but by who?

 

[GaryM]

When you say singles, do you actually mean 6241Y:

And not 6491X singles?

 

[killeen]

If its Wired in pvc/pvc singles, sounds ok. or am i missing something

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Lighting wired in singles is still fairly common in my experience. There are a couple of church conversions, and a mill conversion that i have worked on locally, that have been wired within the last 10 to 15 years, that are wired in singles. I wouldn't do it, but that doesn't make it wrong, i prefer t&e.

Cheers..............Howard

 

[wallyanker]

6241y picture

 

[GaryM]

6241y picture

That's fine then.

 

[telectrix]

perfectly acceptable as long as cables are sheathed.

 

[GaryM]

Lighting wired in singles is still fairly common in my experience.

Not in a domestic situation. I can't imagine anybody wanted to put a full installation of conduit in to house singles.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Is there anything in the BGB that says it cannot be wired in singles??

 

[GaryM]

Is there anything in the BGB that says it cannot be wired in singles??

No, as long as the singles are mechanically protected by conduit for example.

 

[telectrix]

No, as long as the singles are mechanically protected by conduit for example.

no need if the singles are sheathed.

 

[Rockingit]

right.....makes a bit more sense now. Well, to a point.