Using a light switch to make connections

[Andy Fenn]

The leckie I work for often uses the light switch for the feed/neutral in/out and the switch connection if access to the lighting point is not possible or impractical.

This sometimes means he may have 4/5 cables to terminate at a single switch, how does he do it.

Does anyone know where I can find a diagram to show how he does this method of wiring and for all you experienced people, is this common practice.

Thanks.

 

[securespark]

How does he do it?

Ask or watch him......

You say he uses this method when he can't get access to the lighting position?

What happens if there is no neutral (extremely likely)? What then?

But, assuming he can get all the necessary conductors to the switch position, it would mean a deep box and the use of connectors to join up loop switch and neutral connections, and to be honest, I would rate it the least practical of all the lighting wiring methods, not that it is a recognised method......

 

[andy]

what i think he means is that instead of taking feed in/out to light he takes it to switch, and a cable with sw.lv and neutral to light?

easy to do. see diagrams in for reference. all your doin is extending the cables to the fittin and loosing the switch cable

 

[Andy Fenn]

Thanks for that.

Yes, you are correct, he uses the switch as a junction box which means he only has one cable to the light and when it is impractical to gain access to the light this makes the cable routing a lot easier.

 

[andy]

Thanks for that.

Yes, you are correct, he uses the switch as a junction box which means he only has one cable to the light and when it is impractical to gain access to the light this makes the cable routing a lot easier.

TBH. the same effort would have to go in to gettin the cables there. its just as easy to pull 3 cables in as it is to pull 1 in (unless they come from different directions)