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I have a cloakroom with no windows. The internal light is switched from the outside of the room. The door of this room has spring return hinges so as to keep the door closed. The internal light is regularly left on for hours sometimes days without knowing.
I intend to replace the light switch with a 10A double pole isolation switch with Neon indicator. As we all know, the Neon indicator is connected across the output terminals of the Double pole isolator and as such the neon would not work in a lighting switch replacement situation using one pole of the Isolator as the light switch.
What I intend to do is use the one pole of the switch as the on/off switch for the internal light and connect the other terminal of the neon to earth. As the Neon is not a current device and senses voltage only then this arrangement would not compromise any earth leakage device. The RCD device in the house is only on the power circuit so there is no safety issue to consider.
There is another solution to the problem and that would be to redesignate the light switch earth wire as a neutral return for the neon indicator as an earth is not required at the light switch as far as I can recall. The new isolator switch is all plastic and not a metal plate switch.
Is the former arrangement of using the earth as the return for the neon indicator Legal, and has anyone any comments, positive or negative , with respect to my intentions.
I intend to replace the light switch with a 10A double pole isolation switch with Neon indicator. As we all know, the Neon indicator is connected across the output terminals of the Double pole isolator and as such the neon would not work in a lighting switch replacement situation using one pole of the Isolator as the light switch.
What I intend to do is use the one pole of the switch as the on/off switch for the internal light and connect the other terminal of the neon to earth. As the Neon is not a current device and senses voltage only then this arrangement would not compromise any earth leakage device. The RCD device in the house is only on the power circuit so there is no safety issue to consider.
There is another solution to the problem and that would be to redesignate the light switch earth wire as a neutral return for the neon indicator as an earth is not required at the light switch as far as I can recall. The new isolator switch is all plastic and not a metal plate switch.
Is the former arrangement of using the earth as the return for the neon indicator Legal, and has anyone any comments, positive or negative , with respect to my intentions.