That is not the same as telling people to ignore people that are factually right.
I haven't seen any examples of advice being given to ignore people who are factually right.
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That is not the same as telling people to ignore people that are factually right.
Nothing factually wrong with that. I even said the regs allowed it.
Not me, you should thank SUNRAY who told people to ignore me.
This is what I wrote:
"Note, IN MY OPION AND MY OPINION ALONE (Red ammendment by Sunray), it is bad practice to put a 13 amp socket on the lighting circuit even though the non statuary regs allow it, for the reasons stated above that someone may plug a kettle, or in the case of a barn, a lawn mower into it. Better to fit a 5 amp socket and change the plug on the camera."
Nothing factually wrong with that. I even said the regs allowed it.
This is what SUNRAY wrote:
"I forgot to mention winston1 will offer a comment which can be totally ignored as there are no restrictions on the size of the fuse/mcb feeding a 13A socket."
That was rude and insulting.
The regs are obviously wrong, not for the first time. Some day they will be corrected, not for the first time.It is not obviously bad practice. If it were then the regulations would not permit it.
I know that and did point that out in my post. That does not alter the fact that it is bad practice.The FACTS are that a 13A socket is permitted to be connected to a lighting circuit. FACT.
Opinions about practices will obviously vary, but the only 'official' arbiter of what is good/bad practice in BS7671 (which, in the prsent context, explicitly permits what you regard as 'bad practice').I know that and did point that out in my post. That does not alter the fact that it is bad practice.
Only in your opinion.That does not alter the fact that it is bad practice
Not they are not obviously wrong. The fact that you do not agree with them does not make the regulations wrong, it makes YOU wrong.The regs are obviously wrong
It is not obviously bad practice. If it were then the regulations would not permit it.
No, quite the contrary, the regs are obviously perfectly OK and the proof of this is the many thousands, and possibly millions, of <7A circuits across BS7671 land containing 13A sockets where nothing has ever gone wrong. That does not raise anything to say that it is bad practice.The regs are obviously wrong, not for the first time. Some day they will be corrected, not for the first time.
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