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Sneezy
 
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Default Quick electrical question

Looking at a ceiling rose there are three sets of connector blocks labeled
live, loop and neutral - 2/3/2 respectively. This is fine if you have a
light/switch, light/switch setup, say, but if you're wanting two lights
operated from the same switch where does the live wire go that feeds the
second light? Top folks on here helped me understand how to wire it all up
- that's not the problem. The problem is that the live connector (live out
to socket, live in from switch) has only two connectors and I have three
wires (one goes to the second light). I could just bung two wires in one
connector but I'd worry about the connection being sound. I could just use
the live connectors for the loop wiring (live in, live out to switch) and
the loop connectors for the live out to socket, live in from switch, live
out to second light. However, this would be non-standard, plus the labeling
in the rose would be wrong (misleading). I'd worry about killing some poor
electrician/DIYer in the future because I've made a set of connectors
permanently live that shouldn't be :-S Thoughts?

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john

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