Hi
Changed a consumer unit today, nice and easy, 2 circuits of lights 1 sockets 1 immersion and 1 cooker.
Put each circuit of lights on different RCD's. Every thing ok until I put on landing light! both RCD's operated.Had to put both circuits on 1 RCD.
For any one not as old as me (i did my apprenticeship when dinaosaurs roamed the earth!) we used to wire the hallway light, live & switchwire to hall switch, live loop accross to landing switch then a pair of strappers up to switch on landing. Then we took a single up to landing light. This was nice and easy but it left you with no neutral. No problem we just borowed one from upstairs light circuit!
Now this was classed as bad practice even then, (think it was the 13th edition!) but what the hell it worked.
Any one else had "borowed neutral" stories?
Changed a consumer unit today, nice and easy, 2 circuits of lights 1 sockets 1 immersion and 1 cooker.
Put each circuit of lights on different RCD's. Every thing ok until I put on landing light! both RCD's operated.Had to put both circuits on 1 RCD.
For any one not as old as me (i did my apprenticeship when dinaosaurs roamed the earth!) we used to wire the hallway light, live & switchwire to hall switch, live loop accross to landing switch then a pair of strappers up to switch on landing. Then we took a single up to landing light. This was nice and easy but it left you with no neutral. No problem we just borowed one from upstairs light circuit!
Now this was classed as bad practice even then, (think it was the 13th edition!) but what the hell it worked.
Any one else had "borowed neutral" stories?
