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Wiring new light fittings

  • 08-10-2017 4:38pm
    #1
    sheepers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭


    Is this a job that I can DIY, or do insurance companies expect that kind of work to be carried out by a qualified electrician?


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  • #2
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    It's a registered electrical contractor you'd need alright


  • #3
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    Stoner wrote: »
    It's a registered electrical contractor you'd need alright

    Is that the case? I understood that certain tasks ought be carried out by a reg elec. But surely not wiring a new light fitting. I mean, it's on a par with wiring a new plug. And that, surely, hasn't been promoted to the realm of a reg elec?


  • #4
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    You can do like for like changes , can't work on the board, can add a socket to the last socket on a socket circuit wtc.

    Lashing in lots of new cables would be too much.

    What you do is your business at the end of the day but legally that's more or less it, insurance is another thing.


  • #5
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,186 ✭✭✭cletus


    antiskeptic wrote: »
    Is that the case? I understood that certain tasks ought be carried out by a reg elec. But surely not wiring a new light fitting. I mean, it's on a par with wiring a new plug. And that, surely, hasn't been promoted to the realm of a reg elec?

    What exactly are you looking to do? If you just want to change an existing light fitting for a new/different one, that's fine.

    I assumed from your first post that you wanted to run cable from the board for brand new lights. This requires a sparks


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