Installing Walllights

superflyninja

Hi all,
Quick bit of advice please.
I have wall lighting fixtures already in my house (covered with the grey plastic box). Im going to fit some wall lights. The wiring looks simple enough. My question is when I turn off power to the house do I need to give some time before touching the wires in the wall? Like allow for the charge to dissipate? or is there any special equipment i need?
*just double checking thanks)

TheBody

You don't need to wait. Just make sure to turn off the mcb in the fuse box as opposed to just turning off the light switch.

superflyninja

cool thanks. and the wires will be fine to handle?

jeepers101

Yes but make sure you have the MCB turned off. And the correct MCB at that.

superflyninja

grand thanks all. i know which is the one to turn off

M cebee

before you get carried away:eek:-you're supposed to 'prove' the circuit is dead before working on it

basically you check your tester works- and then you check the supply is dead

Irish Fire

M cebee wrote: »

before you get carried away:eek:-you're supposed to 'prove' the circuit is dead before working on it

basically you check your tester works- and then you check the supply is dead

God be with the days we'd short them

paddy147

M cebee wrote: »

before you get carried away:eek:-you're supposed to 'prove' the circuit is dead before working on it

basically you check your tester works- and then you check the supply is dead

Intel/Fab 24 and the electrician springs to mind here.

nasty accident that was.:eek:

thank god he survived and recovered over time.:)

M cebee

i don't always practise 'safe isolation' meself:)

meercat

paddy147 wrote: »

Intel/Fab 24 and the electrician springs to mind here.

nasty accident that was.:eek:

thank god he survived and recovered over time.:)

hi paddy
what happened?
thanks

Bruthal

paddy147 wrote: »

Intel/Fab 24 and the electrician springs to mind here.

nasty accident that was.:eek:

thank god he survived and recovered over time.:)

Which accident was that? I remember one in 14 i think it was, a fella working on a panel and took out the perspex screen, and accidently hit the steel ratchet across the live bus bars, the panel looked like a bomb went off. Thats where higher rated breakers or fused circuits are especially dangerous, when shorted out like that.

Bruthal

M cebee wrote: »

i don't always practise 'safe isolation' meself:)

No, i added in a couple of extra sockets during the week in the parents house without isolating at all:eek: