Loft Light - Please Check my Diagram

[Pete999]

BlueRaa is in wallasey, so it needs to be a IP68 JB to future proof when wallasey is under the sea in 100 years' time.

Not an icon for pessimistic.

 

[telectrix]

Not an icon for pessimistic.

could have given me a "dumb" pete. never had a "dumb" (yet).

 

[Pete999]

could have given me a "dumb" pete. never had a "dumb" (yet).

Well I suppose it is a bit Dumb, but not for a good Mate Tel, remember etiquette. Oh by the way taken a dose of that stuff you recommended seems to be working, must go to the Chemist Sorry TESCO and get some more, strange I don't need a prescription, at 4 quid a time, saving the NHS seems almost a doddle.

 

[telectrix]

if everyone used some common sense, bought a few beers, bottle of wine, or some 70%proof, save the NHS millions. not only save, but inject a fortune by way of tax,duty,vat, and any other robbery the gov. can ----- out of us.apparently,smokers are the best contributors. the tax on smokes is 10 times the cost to the NHS of treating smoking related diseases, but with smokers, treatment is shorter by 10 years because we die, smoking for the country and no medals after.

 

[BlueRaa]

Always makes me smile, that sort of comment.

BlueRaa, I am not having a dig.
ANY electrical circuit is scary. A 6amp, 230v lighting circuit can kill you as easily as a 40amp, 230v shower circuit can.
A very small amount of current can put your heart into what ios known as fibrulation (that means it's not beating properly any more!)
It only takes as little as 0.03 of an amp to put the heart into fibrulation.

Its worth learning about safe isolation. There's a pocket guide here
https://www.niceic.com/Niceic.com/media/Pocket-Guides/Pocket-Guide-5.pdf
its what keeps us electricians alive.

I didn't mean to infer it was safe. Just taking a spur from the mains seems like a far too complex a job for me / not confident enough to do it.

Believe me, I was raised being told constantly to never, ever put things in plug sockets, turn light switches off when changing bulbs, don't even think about putting your fingers or anything else for that matter into the lamp holder because if you do you would have a heart attack / burst into flames / both. I have a very, very healthy fear of both electricity and gas! Believe me! But thanks for the guide, I will read it

 

[mattg4321]

Why not just get somebody in who has the qualifications/knowledge to do it safely?

 

[Octopus]

Not the way I would have done it .........

Wonder if his earthing and bonding are up to scratch?

 

[BlueRaa]

Why not just get somebody in who has the qualifications/knowledge to do it safely?

Money. Or lack of it

 

[BlueRaa]

Not the way I would have done it .........

Wonder if his earthing and bonding are up to scratch?

How would you do it? Open to suggestions? Is it easier to just do it in series as it were ie go junction box then to switch then to light fitting, rather than have them come off the junction box seperately?

 

[Octopus]

How would you do it? Open to suggestions? Is it easier to just do it in series as it were ie go junction box then to switch then to light fitting, rather than have them come off the junction box seperately?

I charge for my advice....