Does anyone else find that more often than not, no consideration seems to be given in wall light fittings for allowing two cables to fit in properly? Been fitting some led bulkhead type fittings and you'd barely get one t&e into the cable entry let alone the 2 x 3core cables required (emg fittings). 'fancy' bathroom wall lights are often even worse, when they come with those tiny terminal block connectors and rubber sleeve bits!! Frustratingly poor design in my opinion. Grumble over.
Maybe more consideration should be given to how you install the wiring prior to 2nd fixing, a little more consultation with the customer as to what fittings they intend as the finished article, hard hat well and truly on and chin strap fitted.
Had some on an extension recently, in the end i got so p**sed off trying to fit the wires in, especially in this heat, that I ended up putting a small junction box up in the roof and fed the flex out under the tiles and down the wall before the fascia was put up.
Ideally they would have decided to have them before the work was finished, then I could have had the wires put in at first fix ready for them. nothing worse than a customer who either keeps changing there mind or doesnt know what they want.
Ideally they would have decided to have them before the work was finished, then I could have had the wires put in at first fix ready for them. nothing worse than a customer who either keeps changing there mind or doesnt know what they want.
That s hook with IKEA light fittings is not for supporting the light whilst attempting to fit the light... its meant so electricians can hang them selves through frustration at the lack of space for cables in the base of there lights!
I've just refused to install under cabinet fittings a customer got from Screwfix. (The metal wedge shaped ones, brand name rhymes with cr**)
The are 230v LED, which is fine, but the supply cable fitted is only a 2 core. The label says its double insulated, but its not. There's a little rocker on-off switch on the side.. If the live cable drops out the connection somehow, its going to touch the extraneous conductive part.
I told him to send them back.
The are 230v LED, which is fine, but the supply cable fitted is only a 2 core. The label says its double insulated, but its not. There's a little rocker on-off switch on the side.. If the live cable drops out the connection somehow, its going to touch the extraneous conductive part.
I told him to send them back.
Even still... try and get two 1.5mm2 T&Es into these terminals, no chance.
Astro lighting have very nice lighting products, but they must employ dwarfs to wire them up and test them.
Agree,I usually take the connectors out & fit wago’s.
No chance of connecting 1.5mm.
Thanks for the correction, Tel.... I was just going to type "metal bit"
1.5mm2, you extravagant anti-environmental bandit.
1.00mm2 is so much more ecologically sound.
till it melts and burns the house down, releasing loads of toxic fumes into the atmosphere.1.5mm2, you extravagant anti-environmental bandit.
1.00mm2 is so much more ecologically sound.
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Pessimisttill it melts and burns the house down, releasing loads of toxic fumes into the atmosphere.
no i'm not. always pee in the bowl, never on the floor.
I nearly always kick it over, in the middle of the night, the bowl that is.
As an idea, often I install a round drywall Pattress in ceiling as a place to hold wago’s with the fitting mounted over the top makes for easier install.
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davesparks
Why use 1.5mm in domestic when 1.0mm is normally adequate for a 6A circuit?
I’ve already said , in a more jockular fashion
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