Dangerous 13A Plugs

[meil]

Wrong, lighting circuits can be wired "loop in " method were the live and neutral supply run from one light fitting to the other, this is a common wiring method that usually confuses the DIYer who wrongly thinks all wires of the same colour go together.

 

steve

 

No lights are star wired. Yes they loop from light fitting to light fitting but they don't return on themselves to make a ring. They are wired as one long spur (or two probably - upstairs and down stairs)

[Minster]

No lights are star wired. Yes they loop from light fitting to light fitting but they don't return on themselves to make a ring. They are wired as one long spur (or two probably - upstairs and down stairs)

 

 

Hi,

 

Lighting circuits are wired in a line exactly the same as a ring main would be, but not returning to the consumer unit .The ceiling rose being the equivalent to the socket, except at a lower amperage of 16 amps.

The house is wired with two lighting rings, one upstairs and one downstairs.

This is done so that if the lighting circuit trips at night half of the house still has lights, the hall and stairs on one circuit and the bedrooms and landings on another, thus avoiding a deadly situation of someone falling downstairs in the dark trying to get to the consumer unit on the ground floor to reset an MCB.

 

John.