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VK5QX Opined with considerable skill:-
> Where circuit breakers are concerned there does not seem to me to be a
> right or wrong way. This also appears to be the case regarding the higher
> power iron clad switches.
Hi Ian,
I was of course referring to the really high power distribution
equipment in my earlier missive, although the confusing situation
applied equally to equipment found at the distribution side of a
domestic installation in the UK .....
In the UK, all MCB's are up for on. MCB's are what are normally
installed today. I had to check, but the master switch on our modern
Consumer Unit which contains all of our MCB's is also up for on. So far
as I am aware there is no regulation which determines whether up or down
should be on for wall switches, it is left to the individual installer
to decide.
Getting back to the older mains switches, the old iron clad types were
(from memory) all up for on. The interlocked switch handle then
prevented the cover, which was hinged at the bottom, from being opened
with the power on and they could not be turned on until the cover was
closed. From the mid 50's, pressed steel type mains switches tended to
follow either convention.
>
> One other thing that I did notice in the U.K. is that in bathrooms wall
> switches are apparently not allowed. If a switch, such as for a light, is
> required it seems that it must be installed on a wall OUTSIDE the
> bathroom.
> Alternatively, I gather that the switch can be installed inside the
> bathroom but only as a ceiling mounted fitting with a cord-pull for
> operation.
That is correct.... No wall mounted switches are allowed, nor are any
sockets apart from a tranformer isolated electric razor outlet. There
are exceptions to the rules on switches, such as the the water proofed
switches provided on electric showers.
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