Outside lights.

[daveparker10]

Hi,

i would like to know, if you can have 2 wires going out of 1 circuit breaker ? To power 2 outside lights, 1 at the front of the house and 1 at the back? Rather than having to use a JB to split the cable.

Thanks

 

[Lectrician]

Perfectly acceptable.

 

[JohnW2]

i would like to know, if you can have 2 wires going out of 1 circuit breaker ? To power 2 outside lights, 1 at the front of the house and 1 at the back? Rather than having to use a JB to split the cable.

Yes.

Kind Regards, John
Edit: slow typing again - or, rather, a co-incidence that we both replied at almost the same time!

 

[daveparker10]

Thanks guys!

In your opinon do you think i need to put a switch on the circuit to control the lights? they will have sensors on them.

 

[JohnW2]

In your opinon do you think i need to put a switch on the circuit to control the lights? they will have sensors on them.

I personally think it's always desirable. Indeed, if the circuit in question is RCD protected, then I would strongly advise an (indoor!) double-pole switch for outdoor lights (or sockets). Otherwise, should they fill up with water and cause the RCD to trip (taking out all other circuits protected by the same RCD), you might not be able to reset the RCD until the water ingress problem had been sorted out. With a DP switch, you would be able to 'isolate' the outdoor stuff.

Kind Regards, John

 

[daveparker10]

Ok thanks John,

Yes the circuit will be RCD protected, so that sounds a good idea.

 

[deadshort]

In addition some sensors have a "latch on facility" which operates by using the switch to activate the latching on and off.

kind regards,

DS