Does thos follow regulation

Frank12239887 · 26-09-2022 9:43am #1

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Hello, this spot is in a bathroom , above the shower ( no one was taking a shower). Following a loud fizz and crackthat lasted a few seconds, the fuse went with a mell of burn.

Is this type of wiring (electric tape, and I guess some domino under it) following electrical regulation?

This was done by a reputable eletric company 4 years ago. I thought all connection should be boxed? Am I mistaking.

Thank you for your feedback.

meercat · 26-09-2022 12:49pm

Not a great connection tbh. He’d have been better putting a flex on it and terminating into a coffin box. Hard to tell from here but ideally bathroom lights should be ip65 rated.

Frank12239887 · 26-09-2022 4:55pm

Thank you for the answer.

Ip65 alright.

Getting paranoid that all the wirring is the same. The smell of burn, when it went, did scare me.

Thank you again

10-10-20 · 26-09-2022 5:31pm

The "LLNN" marking would imply that the spot is designed to be wired directly in a loop and lighting loops are most commonly wired using solid-core.

Going by the spotlight manufacturer's guidelines, this is probably wired as intended, but the old problem of solid copper working it's way loose - probably initiated at the point when it was physically installed - is a going concern.

As meercat said, installing using a coffin-box would have been a better solution, but that would have added time & cost onto the job, so wasn't chosen. Hard to blame the installer in this case unless it was specifically down to an overlooked loose terminal.