6A Lighting Circuit

pauldavis123

I'm assuming that the 6A is due to the fact light fittings have exposed terminals when the bulb is removed.

I you fit lighting fixtures with non replaceable parts such as these:

http://enlitelighting.com/gb/ProductDetail/EN-BH220

can they be wired into the room sockets?

2011

pauldavis123 wrote: »

I'm assuming that the 6A

What 6A ?

is due to the fact light fittings have exposed terminals when the bulb is removed.

What do you mean?

I you fit lighting fixtures with non replaceable parts such as these:

http://enlitelighting.com/gb/ProductDetail/EN-BH220

can they be wired into the room sockets?

You could supply a light from a spur outlet connected to a socket circuit.

pauldavis123

What 6A ?

Lighting circuits with 6A MCBs



What do you mean?

When you remove a light bulb the possibly live contact points are easy to touch in a much more accessible way than in most other cases, that is why I thought they had such a low (6 Amp) MCB?



You could supply a light from a spur outlet connected to a socket circuit.

Good way of doing it!

aido79

pauldavis123 wrote: »

What 6A ?

Lighting circuits with 6A MCBs



What do you mean?

When you remove a light bulb the possibly live contact points are easy to touch in a much more accessible way than in most other cases, that is why I thought they had such a low (6 Amp) MCB?



You could supply a light from a spur outlet connected to a socket circuit.

Good way of doing it!

For your own sake you shouldn't even consider doing anything to do with electrical work until you learn a lot more about electricity.
The reason for lights being on a 6 Amp breaker is because they draw less current due to low wattage.
A current of 30milliamps or 0.03 amps is enough to kill someone so 6 Amps would definitely not be a safe thing to touch when removing a light bulb.

Risteard81

aido79 wrote: »

For your own sake you shouldn't even consider doing anything to do with electrical work until you learn a lot more about electricity.
The reason for lights being on a 6 Amp breaker is because they draw less current due to low wattage.
A current of 30milliamps or 0.03 amps is enough to kill someone so 6 Amps would definitely not be a safe thing to touch when removing a light bulb.

Indeed. And also nothing like 6A will flow through you due to the impedance of the human body and Ohm's Law.

pauldavis123

Don't worry, I'm not doing the work, I'm just curious to the ways I can ask for it to be done.

Always good to have an understanding of the systems that you use every day :-)

So is the MCB to protect the wiring in the house rather than the user?

RCD protects the user?

Bruthal

pauldavis123 wrote: »

So is the MCB to protect the wiring in the house rather than the user?

RCD protects the user?

That's more or less it. There would be no possibility of a 6A MCB tripping due to a person making contact with 230v

pauldavis123

Bruthal wrote: »

That's more or less it. There would be no possibility of a 6A MCB tripping due to a person making contact with 230v

Great, thanks.