Well it was purchased as an impulse buy in Lidl. Would I just be better off replacing it with a better known make? I can see no sign of water inside the box but it is in a very exposed position.
Fair enough, but there certainly are a good few plastic ones out there. In my experience, some do have a terminal for parking a CPC, but some don't (the OP's one being one example!).TBH never fitted a plastic LED external light, always been metal.
You may not have intended them to relate to that, but I get rather confused about this Class I/II business. If they have no metal to earth, they clearly can't be Class I - which seems to imply that they can only be legal if they are Class II (I'm not aware of any acceptable 'third option'). Is that how it is?My comments are nothing to do with class I versus class II or the legality of fittings.
Oh Lidl, the well known reliable electrical wholesaler, take it back for refund and buy some smoked haddock with the refund!!!!Well it was purchased as an impulse buy in Lidl. Would I just be better off replacing it with a better known make? I can see no sign of water inside the box but it is in a very exposed position.
I can't be sure about the OP's one from the photos but, as I've just written, if it is all-plastic, it can't possibly be Class I - which seems to mean that it's either Class II or 'illegal' (unless you know of a third 'legal' possibility). Do you agree?Perhaps it is Class II.
Exactly. So, as I said, it seems that any item of electrical equipment has to be Class I, Class II or 'illegal'.Well, other than things like plastic light switches, I don't think there is another designation.
Only, I think if the plastic is 'double' or 'reinforced' (whatever the latter means). If it's not one of those two things (and isn't Class I), then that would seem to leave only the third possibility ... 'illegal'. Is that correct?It has cable restraints, is all plastic and has a plastic container for the connections, much like some Class II fittings. Does that not qualify it as Class II?
I don't know.... ...
That's really my question - I'm trying very hard to learn, since I've never really understood this! ...After all, it obviously is not Class I so perhaps it's not Class II either - it's all insulation.
You are presumably looking at the definition of Class II in Part 2 of the regs. I am looking at (the entirety of) section 412 ("Protective Measure: Double or Reinforced Insulation").The definitions do not mention reinforced insulation; just basic and supplementary.
Indeed, that's what I have been saying. What is your point? As I said, "double or reinforced" clearly does not encompass "single and not reinforced".Double OR reinforced.
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