is this acceptable?

[LankyWill]

Did some work for a friend and want to know if i did it right. As in regs compliant. I came off an existing lighting circuit to a sw fused spur. I used a 3A fuse to stop nuisance tripping. All the bends are done by hand and there was previously no conduit so i altered previous work. I sealed the all holes with silicone and made sure the connections were bomb tight. Im only newly qualified and did this off my own back. Any advice/ideas would be nice.

 

[Spearmint]

Can't see why not myself, tidy job.

 

[Octopus]

Why are you asking?

 

[telectrix]

he's asking opinions as he's newly qualified. probably a bit unsure now he';s out in the real world.

 

[robd]

Not sure how your 3A fuse will stop nuisance tripping and the black stop box on white looks fancy , bit of flex on the outside bit to the light would look tidier and the grey t & e will go brittle eventually. Just my opinions looks tidy enough.

 

[Spearmint]

Not sure how your 3A fuse will stop nuisance tripping and the black stop box on white looks fancy , bit of flex on the outside bit to the light would look tidier and the grey t & e will go brittle eventually. Just my opinions looks tidy enough.

Hard to tell from the photos, but if it is T&E to the fixture that'd ruin it for me.

 

[trev]

Did some work for a friend and want to know if i did it right. As in regs compliant. .

Forgive the tone mate (because I don't want to sound like I'm having a go at you because I've no reason to) but what does your regs book say?
Tidy looking job, you've obviously got some skill. In time you'll have confidence too.

 

[LankyWill]

Not sure how your 3A fuse will stop nuisance tripping and the black stop box on white looks fancy , bit of flex on the outside bit to the light would look tidier and the grey t & e will go brittle eventually. Just my opinions looks tidy enough.

Yeah i ran out of white end boxes and had a black one spare so i thought i would save him a few bob . Wrong terminology, i meant it will blow the fuse as oppose to mcb, the last thing you want is all the lights going off for a stray cat. Yeah nice thought on the flex would look better, i will pop round and connector block out that 1mm inside the 2 way conduit box.

Thanks for the advice, any helps as i am still learning new things day to day.

 

[LankyWill]

it says that twin and earth is not uv protected and will eventually degrade i suppose. I will swap it for some flex, which in turn will look better.

 

[davesparks]

In the first picture you could have put a set in where the pipe drops back onto the blockwork.

And the cable to the light looks suspiciously like grey T&E instead of the UV resistant cable which is required externally.

 

[PEG]

Looks neat mate,as said,3A may stop nuisance overloading,but not tripping,have used grey 4 core UV resistant machine cable in the past,so,benefit of doubt given :icon12: Myself,i would have made big efforts not to run conduit at front of a property,but only you know the situation.Picky,arent we? Read Aesops' fable regarding the Gods design of a perfect man...explains everything :conehead:

 

[Prat P]

Looks neat mate,as said,3A may stop nuisance overloading,but not tripping,have used grey 4 core UV resistant machine cable in the past,so,benefit of doubt given :icon12: Myself,i would have made big efforts not to run conduit at front of a property,but only you know the situation.Picky,arent we? Read Aesops' fable regarding the Gods design of a perfect man...explains everything :conehead:

surely when refers to avoiding nuisance tripping,he is referring to an instance where a fault will take the 3A fuse out before it takes the 6A circuit breaker out? It used to be called discrimination but I believe that term was outlawed.

 

[LankyWill]

Yeah I'm swapping the te at the front for flex later, when I get my van back from service. I couldn't go into the back of the fitting due to the steel support that runs across the top of the garage.

 

[guest119]

Take the flex you are proposing to fit instead of the twin n earth to the first conduit box inside and make the joint there.
Then invest in an sds and long drill bits, so you can eliminate external conduit work in future.
What you have done is very tidy though.

 

[Darkwood]

Just ensure you take above advise and avoid plastic conduit on external walls in future, in summer the temperature rise can buckle fixed conduit and a neat job becomes unsightly, expansion couplers can be used but they tend to have a poor IP rating and those that do have good one don't last a few yrs before breaking down. The box that is over your cable coming out from the garage is prone to water ingress unless you sealed it at the rear and where the conduit is plugged in at the top....

Just heads up opinions, if not in direct sunlight the expansion will be minimal in this case.