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Is it just me who finds this bad practise?
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<blockquote data-quote="Revved Up Sparky" data-source="post: 76108" data-attributes="member: 5050"><p>I've never heard of that one and I've been doing it for 18 years having worked in literally 1000's of council houses in North Wales. Some local authority houses I've worked in have had neon indicators on the switches for lights in cupboards so you definitely need a neutral for those to work. Many sparks also run the loop feeds through the switches although I prefer not to as with 17th edition RCD protection I feel it increases the risk of pinching a live or neutral with a pattress screw etc and creating an earth fault which trips the RCD.</p><p></p><p>Even with that neutral rule you could still run a three core as a switchwire (using brown as common, black for the switchwire nearest the front/ back door and grey for the outside light) and run a T&amp;E from that light fitting with the switched feed in a thru-crimp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Revved Up Sparky, post: 76108, member: 5050"] I've never heard of that one and I've been doing it for 18 years having worked in literally 1000's of council houses in North Wales. Some local authority houses I've worked in have had neon indicators on the switches for lights in cupboards so you definitely need a neutral for those to work. Many sparks also run the loop feeds through the switches although I prefer not to as with 17th edition RCD protection I feel it increases the risk of pinching a live or neutral with a pattress screw etc and creating an earth fault which trips the RCD. Even with that neutral rule you could still run a three core as a switchwire (using brown as common, black for the switchwire nearest the front/ back door and grey for the outside light) and run a T&E from that light fitting with the switched feed in a thru-crimp. [/QUOTE]
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