Lighting Circuit
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Hi,
Many older houses were wired this way. Its not against regs to do so, but does limit the number of "multi bulb" fittings you can have on the circuit before you begin to reach the limits. I.e 12 x 100W bulbs per 5A/6A lighting circuit.
Although obviosly you wont have all the lights in the house on at the same time, it can become a problem.
It may be worth having a full wiring inspection, as if the lighting is wired in this fashion it may have not been done for a fair few years........... just a thought. Also whether the fuse board/consumer unit has re-wirable fuses or MCB's. This may also give away the age of the wiring.
Also, FYI, Ringmain refers to the socket and fixed appliences circuit within your house, I.e the wiring starts at the consumer unit, loops through all sockets and fcu's then returns to the same terminals at the cu. Lighting circuits are not wired in this way. They are radial. I.e they leave the CU and terminate at the last fitting.
Hope this has helped you
Many older houses were wired this way. Its not against regs to do so, but does limit the number of "multi bulb" fittings you can have on the circuit before you begin to reach the limits. I.e 12 x 100W bulbs per 5A/6A lighting circuit.
Although obviosly you wont have all the lights in the house on at the same time, it can become a problem.
It may be worth having a full wiring inspection, as if the lighting is wired in this fashion it may have not been done for a fair few years........... just a thought. Also whether the fuse board/consumer unit has re-wirable fuses or MCB's. This may also give away the age of the wiring.
Also, FYI, Ringmain refers to the socket and fixed appliences circuit within your house, I.e the wiring starts at the consumer unit, loops through all sockets and fcu's then returns to the same terminals at the cu. Lighting circuits are not wired in this way. They are radial. I.e they leave the CU and terminate at the last fitting.
Hope this has helped you
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