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Floodlight with sensor safety.

  • 15-11-2019 12:39PM
    #1
    Joe1919
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭


    My aunt got her house rewired in 2002 by electrician and all ok except this external floodlight over the front door, which requires frequent attention almost annually (e.g. bulb replacement, unit replacement due to water, corrosion etc). Its a nasty thing really, its located about 8 foot over the door and requires ladder.
    But what I find unsatisfactory from a safety point of view is that it is wired directly to the consumer unit lighting circuit which has no RCD protection on lighting circuits, and there is no separate on/off switch except by switching off the 10 amp mcb. Surly there is an electrocution risk here in changing the lightbulb? Was this the standard in 2002?


Comments

  • #2
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    There should be a switch but I don't thinks it's required by et101

    Rcd not required either


  • #3
    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,370 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    Yea probably no RCD required when its fixed to the building.


  • #4
    keithdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭keithdub


    It would be quite easy to put a switch under the d.b. if that works for you. Then you just have to buy a decent fitting and you shouldn't have to get up there for a while


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