Using cpc as neutral

[Adam W]

I Work on the basis that it's best to have a CPC in every cable I run ..

It certainly makes testing easier.

 

[Spoon]

I thought he was using it as control wiring?

Tell you the truth mate, after 77 posts I lost the will to live, as well as what he was using the cable for...

 

[elsparko]

what next, twisting neutrals together and taping over the copper?!?!

 

[elsparko]

I Work on the basis that it's best to have a CPC in every cable I run ..

circuit protective conductor, the clue is in the name eh

 

[Pete999]

what next, twisting neutrals together and taping over the copper?!?!

Ohhh nice

 

[Octopus]

what next, twisting neutrals together and taping over the copper?!?!

Ha ha

Came across this with the LIVES on an EICR last week - 1 x 3 wago later it was sorted

 

[Adam W]

Ha ha

Came across this with the LIVES on an EICR last week - 1 x 3 wago later it was sorted

I've had that before - in the absence of a live loop they'd twisted the lives together and stuck a bit of sellotape over the copper. Every light fitting in the house was the same.
I'd only gone to put up a smoke detector.