staircase lighting puzzle

[Octopus]

I'm guessing the answer is that the lights are on a timeclock or photocell so the lights come on automatically.
That way occupants of the flats will be able to see their way up the stairs, without breaching the human rights of any Jewish people who live there, who won't turn lights on on the Sabbath.

Orthodox Jews? legal fight over flats? lights (From Bournemouth Echo)

If THEY don't like it, THEY should move

 

[ruston]

Maintained emergency lighting. Or blow the fuse and bring on the non maintained.:devil2::devil2:

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

I'm guessing the answer is that the lights are on a timeclock or photocell so the lights come on automatically.
That way occupants of the flats will be able to see their way up the stairs, without breaching the human rights of any Jewish people who live there, who won't turn lights on on the Sabbath.

Orthodox Jews? legal fight over flats? lights (From Bournemouth Echo)

Not only have we got to conform to build regs, we have to buy every religious book under the sun now!!

 

[Octopus]

Not only have we got to conform to build regs, we have to buy every religious book under the sun now!!

Theres only ONE bible for sparks and its BS 7671!

 

[ruston]

Does it still count as one if we have to buy a new one every three years or so?:confused5:

 

[Bobster8]

Ring the bloke in the top flat get him to switch them on

 

[Des 56]

Does it still count as one if we have to buy a new one every three years or so?:confused5:

I suppose the historic bible punchers also had their moss off
They would have had to buy a new edition every time some prophet or other came along

 

[ruston]

I suppose the historic bible punchers also had their moss off
They would have had to buy a new edition every time some prophet or other came along

Lol, nothing new then., then that Henry chappie sorted it with another new edition.

 

[moospark]

Candles maybe? I was going to say napalm, but stopped myself just in time. Gosh.

 

[Adam W]

Candles maybe? I was going to say napalm, but stopped myself just in time. Gosh.

Well this is it - the whole idea is they're not supposed to do any work on the Sabbath, including lighting fires, and switching on the lights apparently falls under the category of lighting a fire, so they think they're not allowed to do it. As for considering your body heat triggering a PIR sensor which automatically turns the lights on.... Well I think that's pushing it a bit far.

 

[papycompany]

if it's an old tower block, council owned, i can bet it's running on old timers located either in the basement or where the main fuses are (usually on the basement or ground floor)

I was resetting loads of them when doing call outs back in London

 

[timbobelfast]

Nice long pullcord or one of the yanks clapper light switches lol

 

[decolad69]

A 10 floor block of flats has a common staircase.
There is only one light switch in the staircase located on the top floor.
How do you turn the lights on from the ground floor?

The supply does not originate from the sky ? It must come up from the switch room switch it on the ground floor using time clock or photo-cell and bridge out the switch on the tenth floor.

 

[DNS1]

Send a blind person (or whatever the politically correct name is), up to the top.

I think you mean a person "of impaired vision"...

As for the thing about the Jewish, I'm not sure what I can say without resorting to words which would be filtered... If the power fails in an emergency on the Sabbath, would the Jewish people not go out into the hall because the emergency lighting had been activated?!

 

[dan86]

and the answer is...