In article t,
Chip wrote:
I keep thinking "halfway down the stairs when the lights go out" or
"carrying a pan of boiling water across the kitchen"

But given the frequency of power cuts in the US you'd have automatic
emergency lighting anyway?

Seems reasonable yes, the frequency of power cuts *is* much higher in
the US, but emergency lighting's a good idea anywhere.

In my kitchen, the extractor hood lighting is on a separate circuit to
other lighting, and when cooking it's always on. So even if a bulb blowing
*did* trip an MCB, it would not plunge the room into darkness.

Same with stair lighting - it's on two circuits. But I think I'd find my
way downstairs ok in the dark. ;-)

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