Socket on a light circuit

robj20 · 20 Nov 2021 at 09:07

a1ex2001 said:
What a stupid comparison, labelling a random socket is 10 seconds work and a sensible, practical safety step. Labelling walls for buried cables is neither practical nor sensible…..

You're the one making up rules. The fact is labelling a socket isn't a requirement, testing it's safe to work on is. It's not like you can't buy a really easy to use socket tester, literally just plug it in and it will tell you straight away, multimeters aren't even expensive.

I best go label the sockets under my stairs, they're on the garage circuit.
Loft sockets are on the upstairs lighting circuit. Two of the garage sockets are on the kitchen circuit.

200sols · 20 Nov 2021 at 09:20

Cables can only be run in certain zones anyway so any competent person should be aware of where a cable could be and test accordingly before doing any work.

robj20 · 20 Nov 2021 at 09:58

200sols said:
Cables can only be run in certain zones anyway so any competent person should be aware of where a cable could be and test accordingly before doing any work.

That's my point, it's the rules that tell you that. The same rules that tell you to test before working on anything, not just guess and switch off a circuit you think it might be

a1ex2001 · 20 Nov 2021 at 22:07

robj20 said:
You're the one making up rules. The fact is labelling a socket isn't a requirement, testing it's safe to work on is. It's not like you can't buy a really easy to use socket tester, literally just plug it in and it will tell you straight away, multimeters aren't even expensive.

I best go label the sockets under my stairs, they're on the garage circuit.
Loft sockets are on the upstairs lighting circuit. Two of the garage sockets are on the kitchen circuit.

Again I never said it was the rules I said it was a sensible step that would take 10 seconds and potentially save a life. I have no idea why you are getting all bent out of shape about it and playing some ocd you should just follow the rules to the letter nonsense. I have never said you shouldn’t check, I know my houses wiring inside out and I still always check you are a long time dead.