so i'm in a brand new house built in may 2020 and if we look up here we're in the kitchen
got a lighting point just there another lighting point just there and it'd be interesting to see
when i take that cover down to replace that light fitting whether it's got the two plate method
which we've discussed on the channel there's plenty of videos on it or the three plate method
because when this one comes on it also turns on this one over here so let's just have a look at
the connections in this one here and see if we can fathom out or decode what the conductors are doing
okay with one hand holding the camera that's nice little safety guard here so we just unclip these
side pieces and drop that down and there are our connections let's just take a closer look at that
so we've got two neutrals and two switching lines if i move it around hopefully you can
see the looping terminal in the center which we've discussed before is not being used
so if i take a little pause now try and work out which method you think they've used
that's right the two plate method so the feed the permanent line neutral and cpc actually went
to the switch meaning that the light fitting itself we only have the brown switching line
the blue neutral and the cpc and then the second one the second neutral and second
switching line goes across over to feed that light fitting over there so they come on together
so you can see the advantage now to me in the back of this brand new fitting that i'm going to put up
for the lovely lady that lives here we've got a line which is switching line a cpc and a neutral
there was no extra terminal for what would have been our looping terminal so i would have had
to create my own with a connector something like this so i've got now the position just
to put the switching line cpc and neutral to this fitting and then it's straight replaced because
the installation was using the two plate method taking the feed to the switch
so this is the second fitting so if we look that one's already been replaced and just
get the focus in that one's been replaced so when we undo this one we expect just to see
one neutral one switching line in the cpc as that cable comes across to here so again i've got to
try and do this with one hand and clip there and that's it so we've got a cpc connection
into the earth terminal a switching line neutral and again no terminations in the looping
means we can replace this for exactly the same fitting as i've already done in the first one
okay so i need to strip the cable i'll just have to cut the end off this one so you know
what i'm gonna do now i'm gonna attack it with my knife and i'm going to do those conductors
and then i'm going to have loads of people in the comments go to me why using a knife Gaz why
using a knife so here we go here's my knife so it goes in like so and we go one pull like that
we go in again and there we go wonderful use of a knife
so i've unscrewed the ceiling rose and pendant in the lounge and another little bit of luck you
can see we've got one switching line a looping terminal not being used one neutral and one cpc
so again they've used the two plate method taking the feed to the switch if i jump down just see the
back of the light fitting made a few modifications i've added some insure connectors from ideal
industries in order that i can just make these three connections and put this new light fitting
back up into place so you can already see the advantage in new installations of using
the two plate method so there it is fitted to the ceiling connected up switching line
neutral and cpc all connected should be doing now minor work certificate this is not a diy channel
this channel is for more learners to implement the two plate method and the advantages of using it
in a modern electrical installation we're going to look at the consumer unit now obviously it's
metallic we know that but look at that it's may 2020 it's been installed they've had a lot of
luck so i want to flick it up they've got a Hager board and you can see at this end here
we've got a type 2 SPD double pole switch isolating the whole board and wonderful
there you might be able to see i might have to zoom in in a minute got an A type RCCB rated
at 30 milliamps protecting these four circuits and another A-type RCCB protecting these four
i'll be interested in looking at the arrangement of the two RCD's and what your feeling is on those
whether we've got upstairs and downstairs upstairs and downstairs if you're happy with the mix
as well as having a little chat about smoke alarms being on their own breaker remember leave those
comments below and we'll get back to as many as i can i hope this video has been some help