Odd wiring of Lighting circuit

[Stevoon]

Hi,

Sorry to be forever asking for help, but I'm just back from my Grandma's having had to replace a pullcord switch for her in her pantry.

Has anyone ever seen lights wired with the live's looping through the switches (wired in 1 x Red core + bare copper sleeved Green/Yellow in a grey sheath) and the neutrals looped through the ceiling rose (wired in black with a grey sheath.) The house was rewired approximately 30 years ago by the Electricity Board.

I have sucessfully replace the pullcord switch, just I have never seen this method of wiring before. My main reason for asking is in trying to persuade her to get an EICR done, and just wondered if this might be flagged up.

Thanks

Stephen

 

[ricicle]

Fairly common way of wiring lighting circuits in the sixties and seventies.

 

[RF Lighting]

It's fine. It used to very common around 30 years ago, and seems to have fallen out of favour a bit these days, but it's still used, and perfectly acceptable.

 

[Stevoon]

Thanks.

At least thats one of my worries about the inspection out of the way. To be honest the installation doesn't look too bad overall, just on an old Wylex rewireable fusebox and no sign of any supplementary bonding in the bathroom.

 

[EFLImpudence]

no sign of any supplementary bonding in the bathroom.

It could have been installed outside of the room, in cupboard and loft, although it should be accessible for inspection.

Perhaps it was tested and found to be not required.
This is unlikely as it usually was installed as a matter of course to negate the need for testing.