Yes or no? Switch to socket or just a stupid question??

[ColJack]

you buy a hayes manual if you don't know how to fix your car don't you?...

 

[Click-Sure]

Like many, I've got a BS 1363 socket (a double at that) in my loft feeding a TV distribution amplifier, spare one for trailing lamps and the like.

Am I too a bad person?

 

[RF Lighting]

Me too

 

[Spark123]

Yep
Just don't go installing your tumble drier in the loft

 

[ban-all-sheds]

559.6.1.1(v)

This is a DIY forum.

It's not at all helpful to quote from BS7671 which few DIYers would posess. All the regulations needed for household installations are included in the On-site Guide, so BS7671 is unnecessary for a DIYer.

Also, don't forget that that post was directed at spark123....

 

[Spark123]

Is that the one that says bog standard 3 pin sockets are okay for use on lighting circuits, albeit I think it is rubbish design on domestics especially in a kitchen?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It just says the first part - nothing about it being rubbish design.

 

[Spark123]

I'm gonna have to practice my grammer

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And your spelling....

 

[ColJack]

559.6.1.1 Connection to the fixed wiring

At each fixed lighting point one of the following shall be used:
(i) A ceiling rose to BS 67
(ii) A luminaire supporting coupler to BS 6972 or BS 7001
(iii) A batten lampholder or a pendant set to BS EN 60598
(iv) A luminaire to BS 60598
(v) A suitable socket-outlet to BS 1363-2, BS 546 or BS EN 60309-2
(vi) A plug-in lighting distribution unit to BS 5733
(vii) A connection unit to BS 1363-4
(viii) Appropriate terminals enclosed in a box complying with the relevant part of BS EN 60670 series or BS 4662
(ix) A device for connecting a luminaire ( DCL ) outlet according to IEC 61995-1.

NOTE: In suspended ceilings one plug-in lighting distribution unit may be used for a number of luminaires.

 

[Click-Sure]

I wonder which is the highest rated BS EN 60309 socket that has been used on a domestic lighting circuit?

Now thats bad practice, and then some.

 

[flameport]

Now thats bad practice, and then some.

In a house, probably.

However in an industrial/commercial setting, nothing wrong with a 16A 60309 plug/socket on a 16A lighting circuit.

 

[Spark123]

Ceeforms up to 125A are common on theatre stages, for the LX to plug a mobile rig in. (OK - I only have a pair of 32A 3 phase ones but we are poor)

 

[RF Lighting]

Can you connect powerlocks to a lighting circuit?

 

[plugwash]

I wonder which is the highest rated BS EN 60309 socket that has been used on a domestic lighting circuit?

Now thats bad practice, and then some.

One thing that has always seemed to me to be missing from our range of plug and socket types is a type that is compact and designed for low current but is also IP rated.

I guess there are lewden plugs but despite being availible in lower current ratings those are pretty much as bulky as CEEFORMs and I also don't like the fact that the cover can easilly be left off them.