Can I use a switched FCU as a switch for outdoor light?

[antiNa]

The supply to the outdoor light at the rear of my property is a spur from the ceiling rose in the living room run to a standard light switch and then to the light itself. The neutrals are joined with a connector behind the switch. No problems there but I'd like to have a means of isolating the light if anything goes wrong so I can work on it.

Is it allowable to just replace the light switch, at shoulder height, with a switched FCU (after replacing the 13A fuse with a 5A) and use that as the on/off switch instead? The FCU having proper terminals for all three core wires instead of the current nylon connector for the neutrals makes more sense to me.

Tis OK?

Ant

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes, you can but its pointless to use an FCU with a 5amp fuse in it because the fuse for the lighting circuit will already be 5 or 6 amp.

If you want to switch both live and neutral you could simply use a double pole switch. It will look more like a light switch too.

 

[antiNa]

OK, thank you, that does make more sense. I only asked to save me from having to buy anything new, I have a spare FCU.

Thanks anyway.

Ant