Strange (?) Lighting Setup

[gk141054]

Hi fellas,

I've been researching lighting circuit setups and have read about junction box and loop in variants.

Having checked a light in my cloakroom I seem to have one love but two neutrals coming in to the fitting. My understanding was it'd either have one cable coming in, or two, not one and a half like I seem to have.

Can anyone explain why this might be please?

TIA

 

[pcaouolte]

A photo of the connections at the light fitting would help. It is probably 1 live, 1 neutral and 1 switched live.

 

[gk141054]

 

[RandomGrinch]

Does your cloakroom have an extractor fan?

 

[gk141054]

No mate, nothing but this light.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Any hints behind the light switch?

 

[gk141054]

 

[martygturner]

They have looped the live ring at the switch and the neutral ring at the rose...vintage at its best.

 

[gk141054]

Cheers mate. Yeah it's certainly that age of house!

 

[conny]

Is there an earth terminal behind the white cable? If there is then they should terminate in there, not in the central loop bank.
If there is no earth terminal behind the white cable, I would be tempted to use a single 'choc-block' connector and leave the central bank empty.

 

[gk141054]

Yeah there is one behind the white flex mate. I was going to move it to the proper terminal like you said

 

[SUNRAY]

Is there an earth terminal behind the white cable? If there is then they should terminate in there, not in the central loop bank.
If there is no earth terminal behind the white cable, I would be tempted to use a single 'choc-block' connector and leave the central bank empty.

I appreciate the 'correctness' of doing that but TBH I wouldn't bother unless any other alterations made the effort worthwhile.

 

[conny]

Just me being a bit fastidious, (maybe a little OCD), but if I opened a rose and saw it, I would wonder about the rest of the installation.
Probably unnecessarily, but thats my way.

 

[SUNRAY]

Just me being a bit fastidious, (maybe a little OCD), but if I opened a rose and saw it, I would wonder about the rest of the installation.
Probably unnecessarily, but thats my way.

And certainly not a wrong way to be, I sooooo wish that didn't feel like the exception.

 

[conny]

And certainly not a wrong way to be, I sooooo wish that didn't feel like the exception.

Do you remember some of the photos RF Lightning used to post of some of his work?
Sooooo neat! And his pyro work was exceptional.