POLL - Neutrals at switches

[RWJ]

As the title suggests

In respect to the debate in this thread http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...electrical-forum/33420-neutrals-switches.html


I've decided to launch a poll to gage response from the forum.

3 Answers
GOOD / ACCEPTABLE - If you think Neutrals at switches is OK
BAD / UNACCEPTABLE- If you think Neutrals at switches is NOT OK / WRONG
UNDECIDED - If you have no preference or are fence sitting (like me)

The poll is timed for 7 days...... So get polling

 

[aptsys]

What exactly is the point of this thread?

Did you miss the other thread??

 

[telectrix]

think the thread missed the eye of his needle. now that's got a point!

 

[Hawk81]

Over 80 votes and only 6 say its unacceptable and 71 say it is. That says a lot.

 

[Mark_Burgess]

I dont mind a neutral at the switch, especially as the diyers get really confused.

 

[Voltimax]

My point is that it's a pointless discussion.
There is nothing wrong with the practice of having neutrals at switches. Even the NICEIC endorse it. The mind boggles sometimes.

 

[PC Electrics]

My point is that it's a pointless discussion.
There is nothing wrong with the practice of having neutrals at switches. Even the NICEIC endorse it. The mind boggles sometimes.

I agree Volti. It's why I haven't wasted my time contributing (except to 'like' a few posts).

 

[RWJ]

I should have put a forth option when I started the Poll.

1.Acceptable
2.Unacceptable
3.Undecided
4.Don't really care... and now bored with the whole thing

 

[IQ Electrical]

I should have put a forth option when I started the Poll.

1.Acceptable
2.Unacceptable
3.Undecided
4.Don't really care... and now bored with the whole thing

89 votes so far, that shows we did care, your poll idea was great!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

My point is that it's a pointless discussion.
There is nothing wrong with the practice of having neutrals at switches. Even the NICEIC endorse it. The mind boggles sometimes.

It would be pointless if there was only one point of view......as there are two points of view I dont see how it can be a pointless discussion.

 

[Voltimax]

Two points of view?
How the hell can there even be two points of view?
There is nothing wrong with neutrals at switches and that should be the end of it. There shouldn't be a second opinion to this amongst individuals that should know what they are doing.
Why would neutrals at a switch be any different to neutrals at a light or even a junction box? Hell maybe we shouldn't even be joining neutrals at consumer units eh?
The six that voted no, need to retrain or enter another profession.

 

[IQ Electrical]

At least 4 of the 'unacceptable' votes came from members with posts on this thread saying that they would take a neutral to the switch in some circumstances so the vote is not even as close as it seems lol!

 

[Engineer54]

The six that voted no, need to retrain or enter another profession.

Yep, ...Your right there, we would certainly need to retarain, ....As bodger jobbers!!!

 

[sparks1234]

Yep, ...Your right there, we would certainly need to retarain, ....As bodger jobbers!!!

Thought, by the look of the vote, and the fact nobody has come up with any regulation proving it wrong, that it does seem OK.

 

[Engineer54]

With nearly a 1000 views on this thread alone and god knows how many views on the closed thread, and less than 100 that bothered to vote, i suggest you couldn't come to any such meaningful conclusion....

In fact most of the posters on both treads have been by the same people that just can't seem to get past it!! Does that mean that there really looking for reassurance, of there views?? Maybe that niggling doubt at the back of there mind forces them to come back time and time again just to make sure ...lol!!! Your all free to do whatever you want to do ....As it's been stated many many times now, that there is nothing in your BRB bible against the practice, ....so carry on in your own sweet way!!!

 

[sparks1234]

With nearly a 1000 views on this thread alone and god knows how many views on the closed thread, and less than 100 that bothered to vote, i suggest you couldn't come to any such meaningful conclusion....

In fact most of the posters on both treads have been by the same people that just can't seem to get past it!! Does that mean that there really looking for reassurance, of there views?? Maybe that niggling doubt at the back of there mind forces them to come back time and time again just to make sure ...lol!!! Your all free to do whatever you want to do ....As it's been stated many many times now, that there is nothing in your BRB bible against the practice, ....so carry on in your own sweet way!!!

I'm sure yours is the only relevent view E54.