Lighting radial circits

On a radial circuit you can run as many wires from the MCB as can safely be acommodated by the terminal. Two should be no problem.

Owain

Multiple wires are fine, providing they fit in the MCB terminals properly, which won't be a problem with lighting circuit wire.

On 4 Jul 2006 11:55:55 -0700 someone who may be "JohnW" wrote this:-

Yes.

However, it is often easier to just have one, though this depends on the layout.

Is the external light to be switched from outside as well as inside? If so the easiest way of doing this will usually be to install a double two-way switch, just inside the door, fed by a single core, controlling both lights. From this three cores, plus an earth, go to the outside switch, so the outside light can be switched from either switch.

Locators are useful on all switches where one might be trying to find them in the dark, such as halls and switches for turning on the first light inside a building.

Yup - that's fine. Provided the MCB is rated to protect the lowest rating of either cable - which in practice with a lighting circuit it nearly always will be.

Not possible, he can 'self certify' if he does all the electrical work but he can't provide a certificate for work he hasn't done. You need to notify the Building Regs people at the council to do it properly.