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yet another new installation ruined in less than 5 years due to terrible workmanship,
-not a single drainage hole in 24 lights,
-about 8 of them full to the brim with water as half of the lids werent even secure making the ip67 rating ip-zero
-insulation stripped all the way to the copper on the braided flex where it enters the gland, on more than 30 glands at least, causing the cable to overheat further under the ground and ruining the gubbins of the light
-the lids that did have screws were all rounded off!
-vast amount of them not even flush with the ground
-no earths connected at any of the lights

the previous electrician that visited obviously didnt bother to open up any of the lights , or if he did he had the wrong size bit for the lid screws, he told the property management that the lights would only work with a full rewire, ive managed to get the whole lot going again with some led tape and some drivers, a few holes in the bottoms of the fittings, new screws for the lids, braided flex stripped back and re-terminated properly, no more fault!

re-buried them aswell so that they are actually recessed lights and not some sort of ornament on the stones.

who employs the type of guy who did this original install? ive saved the property management thousands and im sure ive put the other chancer out of getting more work from them or even asked to give a quote

sunburnt, and lots of ants nests in the "bucket" that holds the fittings in the ground, interesting watching all the ants scurry about moving what i assume are baby ant eggs, if only humans were as efficient as ants, they moved what must have been over 1000 eggs in a matter of minutes
 
Are you sure you got all those lights going? Sounds like you spent more time watching your Ant buddies - ‘baby ant eggs’ sooo cute @elsparko
 
Are you sure you got all those lights going? Sounds like you spent more time watching your Ant buddies - ‘baby ant eggs’ sooo cute @elsparko
was hypnotic watching them, there was a few council ants just standing about at the side, trying to fight me possibly

if someone would be willing to give me a full time wage to watch ants move stuff, sign me up
 
I’ll bet there’s hundreds of people over the world studying them to see if socialism really works - IT DOESNT
 
No photo's then?
was trying to spend as little time in the sun as i could, 3 days on the trot with my back to the sun all day, only got pictures of the lights working lol

did manage to snap my crowbar trying to get one of the lights out, buried god knows how many of my allen keys and other drill bits, only really had time to watch the ants on the last few lights , 3.30 and only 2 left to go, and these were the worst of the nests

could have done without the wasps and hornets showing up to nick my irn bru!
 
Probably wired by a builder originally. I posted a method I use for recessed ground lights on another thread involving laying a soil pipe with the lights cut into it.
All other methods I've seen will fail sooner rather than later.
 
See a lot of it,mainly sy cabling used,to ease connection.
Installed in incorrec
Probably wired by a builder originally. I posted a method I use for recessed ground lights on another thread involving laying a soil pipe with the lights cut into it.
All other methods I've seen will fail sooner rather than later.
totally agree,seen so many botched up external light connections.
 
breaking news... elsparko missed off the queen's birthday honours list. palace blames it on a clerical error. :D:D:D.
 

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