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wetpants strikes again!
 
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A kitchen extension I was doing at the beginning of the year.
The plumber thought it would be a good idea to mount his pipes dead in front of my box.
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He then decided that he's pipes were more important than my cabling
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And to top it all, my carefully measured down light positions were ignored and again my cabling totally ignored.
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After having a word with the house owner, a new plumber was employed and pipes re-installed.

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Came across a garden lighting install today with a few issues. How about this for an easy way to terminate the SWA, saves all that messing about with metal boxes and banjos or piranhas!

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Is that an armoured ? Lol

Yes, I had to check, you can see all the cut-off steel just below the plug.

The other end is just as neat, cut-off steel again, and bare inner wires (the inner sheath removed) to light fitting, open to the elements and any passing wildlife that fancies chewing them.
 
Is that a 1mm from the top of the socket ?
 
Is that a 1mm from the top of the socket ?

Yes, the socket is wired in 1mm 3-core and earth ..., oh and it's a spur off a spur on a 30A fused RFC ...
 
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That sounds fairly typical,seen 1mm 3 core/earth used fairly often for sockets , is it because it's similar to 2.5mm in external dimensions to the DIY 'experts'. :icon12:
 
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That sounds fairly typical,seen 1mm 3 core/earth used fairly often for sockets , is it because it's similar to 2.5mm in external dimensions to the DIY 'experts'. :icon12:
or more likely it was wired by a muppet in first fix and by the time second fix came along it was too late lol
 
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