Outside light on plug top.

[chcnorris29]

I don't know sorry mate. It's good to see a lad wanting to do things the right way though.

At the end of the day I want to get as much experience as possible, correct experience. I like to know the correct and legal ways to do things. As at the end of the day I will know that I have done the best work I can and also the best work means I will (hopefully get more work). Posting this question is not really because I do not know how to do the job but because I want to do it in accordance will all laws and regulations and notification is one of the things that I am not sure of.I would rather ask if I do not know than just do it wrong.Thanks.

 

[Adam W]

The idea of part P and notification is to leave a paper trail to prove it was done safely, but filling in the right forms and ticking the right boxes in itself isn't going to make the installation any safer.
Sticking a plug on the end of an outside light and plugging it in might sound like a good solution but consider what you would think if you saw that on a new build - plugs with flexes disappearing off everywhere for no reason other than to get around some red tape.

 

[Baker1988]

Might sound likea really stupid question But what are you hoping to achieve by notifying it.it s your own house just get on with it as long as you know what your doing and you can do it safely.

I agree with you onions aslong as u know what you are doing and can do it safely just do it its your house
just get a red fuse spur there not deer then spur off the closest socket mate its probity the easiest way

 

[Richard Burns]

I would like to point out that an outside light fixed to the wall of a dwelling, which is not a new circuit, has never been notifiable to building control.
With the January changes, as it will not be a new circuit, it is certainly not notifiable.

Fit the light with the fused spur and inspect, test and certify correctly and you are all good.

If the cable for the lighting is not buried in the wall at any point (e.g. drill through back of socket to outside ) and have surface wiring outside then there is no requirement for RCD protection either.

 

[chcnorris29]

Would it notifiable due to the location (outside) though? Thanks. When you say buried in a wall does this include the hole from inside to out that the flex runs through?

Thanks.

 

[telectrix]

richard is spot on. 1. it's not notifiable. 2. the cable through the wall does not fall within the remit of 522.6.101. that refers to cable buried below plaster and prone to being nailed or screwed into.

fit a FCU, then flex to the light. either use the FCU as a switch, or fit a switch somewhere convenient. if you do have to chase cable in, then fir a RCD FCU. test and complete a MWC.

 

[Geordie Spark]

]The idea of part P and notification is to leave a paper trail to prove it was done safely[/COLOR], but filling in the right forms and ticking the right boxes in itself isn't going to make the installation any safer.
Sticking a plug on the end of an outside light and plugging it in might sound like a good solution but consider what you would think if you saw that on a new build - plugs with flexes disappearing off everywhere for no reason other than to get around some red tape.

........ and to help the Tax Man screw even more money out of you.

 

[jimmy_one_ball]

You don't want flex from a plug top dissapearing into the wall as according to the ESC guidance on EICR coding this is a code 2.
http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/use...y/best_practice/BestPracticeGuide4-Locked.pdf
What you want here is on page 17