16 th edition board

[boycie]

Im doing a job in a 10 year old house nothing major just extending a cooker circuit and adding a few downlights. the cu has the rings on rcd with two spare ways, can i simply put the cooker / lights mcbs onto the rcd side ? sorry for the amateurish question :yes:

 

[Octopus]

Well.... cooker yes, but I'd be putting the lights on RCBO.

 

[Redvanman]

Yep but if you are putting down lights in the ceiling and no extra cables down the wall you don't have to rcd lighting circuit as you aren't putting any cables in the walls

 

[somersetsparks]

I would use rcbo's where possible mate, especially for the lights

 

[boycie]

i have run extra lighting cables in the walls. why would it have to be rcbo ? thanks

 

[Octopus]

i have run extra lighting cables in the walls. why would it have to be rcbo ? thanks

Ok. So you put the lights on the same RCD as the sockets. RCD trips. No lights, no sockets. Not a good idea.

 

[boycie]

got ya thanks !!

 

[Redvanman]

i have run extra lighting cables in the walls. why would it have to be rcbo ? thanks

Yep then defo rcbo stops losing lights and power at the same time

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Ok. So you put the lights on the same RCD as the sockets. RCD trips. No lights, no sockets. Not a good idea.

waste of time telling em murdoch....they wont get it....

 

[Knobhead]

Like Murdoch I would go for the RCBO for the lighting.

I’m glad you haven’t gone down the “it’s old, it’s got to be replaced” route.

Old doesn’t mean bad. Unlike me, I’m just old and bad tempered!