Wiring Diagram For a One Way Lighting Circuit Using the 3 Plate Method - Connections Explained

Student training aid for the connections required to wire a lighting circuit using the 3 plate loop-in method. Video explains the connection required within the ceiling rose, a consumer unit (fuse box) and a one way switch. The circuit is wired in twin and CPC cables (twin and earth cable) and is a wiring diagram for this circuit. This video will show learners how to connect up a ceiling rose and pendant and a one way light switch.

How to wire up a light and a one way switch. This wiring diagram will help you understand the connection requires in a one way lighting circuit.

☑️ Link below is to the images used in this series of videos on lighting wiring diagrams

== 🕐 Time Stamps - Cut to the action 🕕 ==

00:00 - Wiring diagram 1 way lighting circuit
00:19 - Items on our wiring diagram for a 1 way lighting circuit using the 3 plate method
00:47 - Using PVC/PVC twin and CPC cables (twin and earth cables)
01:43 - Connections within a ceiling rose and pendent or batten lamp holder
02:43 - Wiring for the consumer unit (fuse box) to the lighting point
06:35 - Wiring from our ceiling rose and pendant to our one gang one way switch
10:43 - Explanation of the circuit wiring of a light controlled by one switch
11:35 - Extending the lighting circuit into another room

Videos are training aids for City and Guilds (C and G) and EAL courses Level 1, 2, 3 plus AM2, AM2S and AM2E.

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[Bigbushape]

My tutor was knobhead, this guy, he can explain well

[GSHElectrical]

Link in the description for all the drawings you will need in this series of videos 🦾

I hope this message has been some help 👍.

[electricalstuff]

Where does the name change to PVC/PVC twin & CPC come from? Literally all suppliers etc call it twin and earth.

[AJ-dsgf]

this was a fantastic explanation. Very clear and easy to understand. Thank you!

[Andy-owcx]

Thanks for explaining this in plain English, with no fancy wording.

[ahmedmusa]

Understandable easier well explaining indeed.

[vespamorelli]

Absolutely brilliant video ! I’m not a spark and firmly stay away from electrics ! That’s why we have you guys in my opinion but I just love knowing how things work excellent explanation Gaz. Love it 👍🏼

[alitheoneandonly]

You’ve made it so easy to understand, if only my tutor explained it this well! 👏🏼👍🏼

[mohammadtabish]

Thanx sir... I m working from dubai 🇦🇪 an electrician you'r video's very helpful... Thans a lot....

[Bodragon]

(7:24) - But if that plastic switch is fitted to a metal backbox, the heads of the screws would count as "exposed metal parts" so you would need a CPC in any case.
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[kamaljitlall]

Absolutely marvellous video, so educational with reinforcement of facts. Not everyone in teaching ensures understanding, you do. Great! Your students are very lucky to have someone like you. Thank you.
Kam

[Jay]

Why not use twin brown + cpc for switch feed and switch wire instead of sleeving the blue?

[homeschoolelectrics]

Thank you. Appreciate the knowledge you pass on (along with John Ward). I'll make an electrician out of my 12 year old yet! thank you again.

[ryanmaddison]

Re training and doing the C&G diploma in sept. These videos are amazing. Thanks

[teyronjayneevans]

Thank you. Drawing this now in workbook 🙂

[jmohammad]

Thanks Mr Gaz. Like the drawing explanation. I wish I had a tutor like yourself when I was learning. I would be flying now and very rich. Love watching your videos so simple and straight forward. Big fan of GSH learning methods. 🎓🎓🎓👍👍👍

[epictraveller]

I’ve come to swap a 1 way switch last week in one of my bedrooms and the black sleeved connection was in common and the red was in L1. Does this matter? Every other diagram I see including your videos the unsleeved connection is in common? Just confused me.

[StevePhillips]

Excellent demo. Wonder if the blue cable could be scribbled on at the ends with brown marker pen rather than use plastic cover to show it is live, switch in line? Only draw back I can see. I suppose would be that cable couldn't afterwards be reused for another job, plastic cover can be taken off if need be but ink is permanent marking.

[robertomartins]

Excellent video, thank you, you saved me a few £££s

[SolidSnake]

can anyone give me some advice... the light in my bathroom... all of a sudden the bulb is only half illuminating. I have took the light unit apart to see that all the wires are correctly fitted and everything looks alright there is no loose connections as far as I can see I have tried 2 new bulbs also.... same issue remains. Its like there is volt drop somewhere so there is not enough power going to the light to fully illuminate the bulb. All the other lights on the upstairs light circuit are working perfectly just not the bathroom light.

If someone could give me some advice on what could potentially fix this I would be grateful. Thanks