6A terminal block to leave light switch always on

[john2k]

I have a light switch I want to leave always on as the bulb is a smart bulb which i control with wireless switch. Can I combine common and L1 together using a 6A terminal block and then replace the switch with a blanking cover?

 

[rsgaz]

Yep.

 

[ericmark]

The key switch is a better idea, we really do want to switch off before changing a bulb, unless you can switch off local it means switch off whole circuit at consumer unit, so hard to change a bulb at night.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Its a smart bulb. If they are going to fail, they tell your SmartPhone app at least 72 hours before they expire.

Same as HAL did regarding the AE-35 unit.

 

[ktuludays]

Why not just leave it switched on?

 

[boringoldcodger]

If you use a blanking cover then that might not indicate a safe zone, whether adding one of these, link:
https://www.electrium.co.uk/products/crabtree/catalog?main=AAG&man=0170&sub=AAB&pro=AAB&level=4

is sufficient to show a safe zone, I leave to others to decide.

 

[Taylortwocities]

If you use a blanking cover then that might not indicate a safe zone

Total rubbish. A blank plate is fine.

 

[JohnW2]

Total rubbish. A blank plate is fine.

Indeed.

However, for the benefit of anyone else who might be reading this, I think that a (visible) blank plate (or any other accessory) only creates a safe zone for (as in the OP's case) a cable which has connections/joins within the associated back box.

My personal view (which I think is held by others, and the regs) is that simply attaching a blank plate to a wall (with or without a back box) does not create a safe zone - because it would be only two easy for someone to subsequently remove that blank plate, potentially leaving buried cables not in a safe zone.

Similarly, when a blank plate (or any other accessory) is legitimately defining a safe zone for a cable connected/joined behind it, another cable which is not connected/joined behind that plate cannot 'make use of' part of that safe zone - again, the blank plate (or whatever) and cable creating the safe zone could be subsequently removed, leaving a cable that had been 'sharing' that safe zone no longer in a safe zone.

Kind Regards, John