Night light and security light

[Harry Bloomfield]

Which is what I did in my small landing. There is no conventional socket so I have wired one into the lighting circuit next to the landing light in the ceiling (this is the point I expect you are all spitting out your cocoa).

No, I have just has my coco

The last time this was discussed, it was agreed that it was fine to have a 13amp socket for a special purpose, connected to a lighting circuit - especially so if it was marked up with it's current limit or special purpose. I myself have such a socket, marked 'phone only' which is fed from a 6amp MCB feeding the stair lift charger. It charges the phone on the landing window shelf. There is another socket on the 32amp ring on the landing and a third one on the ring at the bottom of the stairs for vacuum cleaners etc.

 

[winston1]

It is bad practice to have a 13 a socket on the lighting circuit. Others disagree but it is a fact.

 

[JohnD]

Others disagree but it is a fact.

it is not a fact but an opinion.

almost everyone disagrees.

 

[Jupiter01]

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLF1.html

Could I have used this 1amp fuse in my scenario?

 

[Taylortwocities]

It is bad practice to have a 13 a socket on the lighting circuit. Others disagree but it is a fact.

We all knew that this fool would be along with this untruth.
The wiring regulations specifically list a 13A socket as one of the devices that is permitted to be connected to a lighting circuit.
As @JohnD says, it is not a fact. @winston1 keeps on with this. It is permitted, it is not wrong. I have councilled him to preface his interjections with “in my opinion”. At least then the unwary could be warned that it is not a regulation. but no such luck.

He has become the forum bore, bordering on being an internet troll.

Moderator, please help.

 

[Jupiter01]

I’ve got a bunch of plinth lights and cabinet lights that came with a plug running off my lighting circuit. The light switch on the wall activates the socket under the kitchen cupboards (behind the plinth) and this then switches on all the led’s.
I didn’t want individual plugs for the lights. It would have been impractical.

 

[Jupiter01]

There is another socket on the 32amp ring on the landing and a third one on the ring at the bottom of the stairs for vacuum cleaners etc.

How are these sockets related to the lighting circuit?

 

[winston1]

We all knew that this fool would be along with this untruth.
The wiring regulations specifically list a 13A socket as one of the devices that is permitted to be connected to a lighting circuit.
As @JohnD says, it is not a fact. @winston1 keeps on with this. It is permitted, it is not wrong. I have councilled him to preface his interjections with “in my opinion”. At least then the unwary could be warned that it is not a regulation. but no such luck.

The regs have been wrong before. It is clear they are wrong here. No doubt it will be corrected in a future edition.

 

[winston1]

Could I have used this 1amp fuse in my scenario?

You could but no point is there? It is a non standard size. Only 3 and 13 a are standard sizes.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

it is not a fact but an opinion.

almost everyone disagrees.

If that was in response to my post above, saying it was acceptable - then you are quite wrong. 13amp sockets are permitted on a lighting circuit.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

How are these sockets related to the lighting circuit?

I was pointing out an instance where I have a 13amp socket supplied from a 6amp circuit. Basically the same as a lighting circuit, except not supplying lights.

 

[JohnD]

If that was in response to my post above, saying it was acceptable

It was not.

 

[winston1]

13amp sockets are (Wrongly) permitted on a lighting circuit

 

[SUNRAY]

You could but no point is there? It is a non standard size. Only 3 and 13 a are standard sizes.

There is a whole list of standard size fuses including 1A.

 

[winston1]

There is a whole list of standard size fuses including 1A.

No. Only 3 and 13a are recognised standards and colour coded red and brown. All the others 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10 are non standard and coded black.