simple light switch question

vet26 · 2006-11-20T23:53:29+00:00

as I mentioned in another post, recently had my house rewired.Most of the light switches have been set so to turn them on you have topush the top half and to turn them off you have to push the bottomhalf. These are 1 switch per light, (don't know the technical term), soit's not the case that another switch turned the light on, and a secondswitch is used to turn the light off.I've always been used to pressing the bottom half of a switch to turnon, pressing the top half to turn off.is there a standard? I can always learn to use the newswitches"upside-down" but I have various other grievances with theelectricians and am wondering if this is yet another example of theirineptitude/amateurishness....thanks for all responses.

Nov 20, 2006 21 Replies

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Dave Plowman (News) 19 years ago

So whole house RCD systems would too?

I know all the arguments, but due to the central London location and surrounding lighting from other sources total darkness is unlikely - except in an overall power cut.

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Christian McArdle 19 years ago

These days, yes.

If you really want RCD protection on your light circuits (or require it due to TT earthing), the sensible way is to use RCBOs.

Christian.

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