Under cabinet and plinth lighting off mains light switch

It seems to becomming a bit more common again, especially on new builds.

A couple of advantages is you don't have all the wires of a loop in at the light fitting. Great for these fancy fittings with no wiring space, and it uses less copper than loop at the switch, but loop at the switch is still my preferred way.
 
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It seems to becomming a bit more common again, especially on new builds. A couple of advantages is you don't have all the wires of a loop in at the light fitting. Great for these fancy fittings with no wiring space, and it uses less copper than loop at the switch, but loop at the switch is still my preferred way.
Interesting. However, it presumably results, or can result, in runs of Ls not paired with Ns, and/or vice versa, with all the consequential potential issues of fields/radiation etc?

Kind Regards, John
 
Il see if I can get a decent photo of the switch and I'm sure it's not twin and earth as I've used it before ,this stuff is single cables ,seems weird to me as other sparkys av used twin and earth but I'm starting to think this sparky has screwed up somehow he was very cheap too but I've got all the paper work to say its been passed .
 
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Where abouts should he have connected the neutral if he has ,would it be in the fuse box or could it be possibly anywhere
 
Sorted it now turns out he had not connected the neutral in the fuse box also he had not wired the light switch for 2 lights only one ,I got a local sparky to have a look n he said crap way to leave it like he has
 

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