Just doing an EICR today and in a quandary...

[The Ghost]

So there is no earth to the light fitting, well there is it's terminated in the black terminal box above it. However there is no connection of earth to the light. It's a JCC I think circa 10 years old or maybe less. Also the supply to the lamp holder is in singles from the termination box. There are around thirty of them throughout the flat. Now if you look up this light JCC it's Class II, although all metal. I'm thinking if the live came out of the lampholder and you were changing the lamp it could get interesting up that ladder! And the singles bugs me as well. But suggesting they should be changed with a C2 means 30 lamps at £xx could get pricey. Perhaps I am being too picky? What say you?

 

[westward10]

I suspect the earth terminal is just a provision for connecting the cpc.

 

[ashrow]

Nothing wrong with a manufactured light fitting so no code, but if you have doubts check with JCC. I fitted thousands of these and even now they only have an earth for their shower /bathroom ip65 down lights

 

[Des 56]

The fittings according to the data sheet is double insulated
and the singles are heat resistant
The responsibility for the classification of the fitting is the manufacturer

Personally,I think as long as the fixed wiring does what it says on the tin,there is no problem, certainly no responsibility on the tester should any of the fears become real

 

[The Ghost]

Didn't go that far as to check for double insulation. Maybe I'll just let it go then.

as it's possible the earth terminal is connected to the metal bracket that holds the terminal block to the light fitting?

Yes I wondered that and did check if there was any such connection but no there is not. In any event I was doing R1/R2 and there is definitely no continuity on the metal body of the fitting or lampholder whereas there is inside the black termination box where the cables are. And anyway there is no RCD on the lighting, and the same lights are used in the bathroom. Two of which are directly above the bath. But fear not those two are at least IP44 with a glass cover over the lamp.

 

[The Ghost]

have the double square symbol

On the literature yes, on the fitting no. And this is a slightly different model no.