why the light doesn't work!

VoltzElectrical · Jan 28, 2013

I was fault finding a streetlighting column today and found this. That'll be why the light doesn't work then. Wouldn't it have been better to drop a new length of cable in instead of using chokky blocks? They have their place sure, just not inside the very top of an exposed lighting column.

[ElectriciansForums.net] why the light doesn't work!

dan86 · Jan 28, 2013

I'd have run a new cable anyway. that just seems lazy to me!

dan86 · Jan 28, 2013

I'm hoping to rectify, YOU ran a new cable..?!

VoltzElectrical · Jan 28, 2013

yes, i dropped the head off, bolts seized so drilled and tapped new fixing points and dropped a whole new length of 1.5mm HR flex. Didn't take long even on my own with a heavy lantern on top of steps in the wind and rain. No excuse for lazy working. I'm going to a lot of faults that could have been avoided if people just gave a damn when they were there.