sheathed singles and earth

[BES]

Anybody use sheathed singles and earth for domestic anymore got given 100m of brand new brown and blue 1.5s both with cpcs. Used it on board change for when you have a borrowed neutral on landing and run a neutral from new cu.
Though about using it domesticly for 2 plate wiring for outside lights eg line and cpc to switch and neutral and cpc direct to light intead of looping in at switch or jb.

 

[Pete999]

Used it almost all the time during my house bashing days in the 1970s, live to all the switches, neutral to all the lights and a switch wire between, simples

 

[BES]

Used it almost all the time during my house bashing days in the 1970s, live to all the switches, neutral to all the lights and a switch wire between, simples

Yeh seen it lots of times especially as you said on houses built in 70s. Just seems bit of old way to do things but thinking about it for outside lights and wall lights with seperate switch can't see a problem as long as all run in safe zones.

 

[gutterball]

yes use it. i can't wait for the posts from confused diyers.

 

[Knobhead]

Beats me why it isn’t used more.

I’ve not done a domestic install since the 15[SUP]th[/SUP], I didn’t use a lot of S+E but it was handy to have. I was a fussy bugger, landing and hall lights were both two plate with no shared neutral or any connectors in switches. That’s when S+E came in to its own.

The problem with things not being used on a regular basis is the wholesalers turn around with the old “there’s no call for it” and wanting a small fortune.

 

[BES]

Cheers Tony
Had a small reel for solving borrowed neutral problem . Got these two reels from a guy i know who bought a job lot of cable from small wholesalers that went under and he had no call for it so i had it. More I think about it will ok for wiring wall lights switched outside lights etc save looping in at switches or using jbs even better that neutral has cpc.

 

[davesparks]

Don't forget we have a regulation in the glorious 17th that recommends we consider proving a neutral at all switch locations, just in case someone wants to waste their money on some over complicated electronic switching nonsense.

 

[BES]

Don't forget we have a regulation in the glorious 17th that recommends we consider proving a neutral at all switch locations, just in case someone wants to waste their money on some over complicated electronic switching nonsense.

What reg is that dave. What about the vast majority of lighting circuts that are 3 plate looped in at ceiling rose with just a sw feed and return at switch.

 

[davesparks]

What about them? They aren't new installs are they? I'll go and find it in a bit.

 

[BES]

So since the 17th all lighting is looped in at switches ? If so I've been installing domestic lighting circuits against the regs since 2008.