Please excuse the naivety of this question.
I’ve always looped at the ceiling rose and used the 4 terminals on a light fitting: live loop, neutral, switched live and earth. I have always assumed that the Live Feed plays an active role I.e. the live feed is powering the circuit once the circuit is completed with the switch being activated.
I went to fit a light today which only had 3 terminals: switched live, neutral and earth. I stuck all the live feed cables in a wago connector.
It then dawned on me that this isn’t actually much different to the 4th terminal I’ve been using on light fittings.
What is the purpose of the live feed and how is the light getting power without the live cable?
Thanks in advance.
I’ve always looped at the ceiling rose and used the 4 terminals on a light fitting: live loop, neutral, switched live and earth. I have always assumed that the Live Feed plays an active role I.e. the live feed is powering the circuit once the circuit is completed with the switch being activated.
I went to fit a light today which only had 3 terminals: switched live, neutral and earth. I stuck all the live feed cables in a wago connector.
It then dawned on me that this isn’t actually much different to the 4th terminal I’ve been using on light fittings.
What is the purpose of the live feed and how is the light getting power without the live cable?
Thanks in advance.