I am installing a light and taking the supply from the ring main since there is no lighting circuit available. I was planning to run 2.5mm T&E from the existing socket (which is on the ring) to a switched FCU and then 1mm T&E from the FCU to the light fitting.
However, a switched FCU looks a bit ugly as a light switch so I was hoping to be able to run from the socket to an unswitched FCU (at socket height) and then through a normal light switch, and on to the fitting. I bought a 1-way light switch but it only has connections marked 'L' on either side of the switch. There is nowhere to connect the Neutral or Earth.
Can I use this switch? Is it possible to use a normal light switch and an unswitched FCU? If so, should I connect both sides of the Earth using the connection on the mounting box of the light switch? Do I connect the Neutral using a connector block or is this dangerous?
However, a switched FCU looks a bit ugly as a light switch so I was hoping to be able to run from the socket to an unswitched FCU (at socket height) and then through a normal light switch, and on to the fitting. I bought a 1-way light switch but it only has connections marked 'L' on either side of the switch. There is nowhere to connect the Neutral or Earth.
Can I use this switch? Is it possible to use a normal light switch and an unswitched FCU? If so, should I connect both sides of the Earth using the connection on the mounting box of the light switch? Do I connect the Neutral using a connector block or is this dangerous?