Choc Bloc and Insulation tape

[Adam_151]

You lift floors and remove light fittings for a rummage when doing PIRs?

No, and I am aware that I will not find every instance of it, but I do:

- Remove a sample of recessed spot lights (these are rife for it, and also not maintaining adequate clearance from combustable materials etc)

- Stick my head up into the roof space

- Pop out ceiling tiles in offices, etc

- Open sample of light fixtures and look for the telltale sign of just a few single insulated cores comming through the ceiling with the rest pushed up

 

[sparkwright]

Surely all connections should be in a non-combustible enclosure of some kind.

I don't consider untaped connector blocks shoved above a ceiling to be acceptable.

 

[Spark123]

I don't consider taped up ones acceptable either.

 

[sparkwright]

Quite, but I suppose taped is better than not taped.

 

[STI]

Thanks everyone for the replies and from them i guess using choc blocs is frowned upon but no rules to say it cant be done. I understand a code 2 on a PIR does mean it needs improvement but does not constitute an unsafe situation.

However wouldnt you just know it. Having bought a couple of the connectors spark123 Suggested, It turns out that the conductors in the cable are so brittle that as soon as they are moved they snap. I have since found out that in the past the upstairs apartment has had a leak into this void. I guess this is why the cable is so brittle. It means the ceiling has got to come down or a "inspection hatch" cut into it to completly replace all the cable, so i can get a proper job done with decent cable and lengths of it. More costly now but should stop this sort of problem occuring again in the future.

 

[loosenup]

insulated crimps?

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

no takers for my question?

 

[Adam_151]

if you apply tape, then does that constitute 'site applied insulation' and therefore (if you want to be squeaky clean) requires flash testing?

I think if it pased the visual on whats ok to act as insulation/enclosure (which it wouldn't in my book!), then it would need testing as SAI, yeah, same with heatshrink (which I'd be much more happy to accept)