Help please.
My elderly and recently widowed mum has just had some necessary electrical work done in her house which was built in 1964. Nothing much had been changed from the original wiring and our electrician was concerned about the non-earthed lighting circuits. My mum can't face a major rewire upheaval so he has replaced the metal ceiling lights with plastic fittings and disconnected the metal wall lights. We are now on the lookout for suitable substitute lights and I came across Double Insulated Lights & fittings, which seem ideal. Such as at:
http://www.double-insulated-lighting.co.uk/index.htm
However, having got my mum excited about these, someone else has told me that these lights should be earthed too, which defeats the point for us.
Are these lights safe to use?
I'd be very grateful for views.
My elderly and recently widowed mum has just had some necessary electrical work done in her house which was built in 1964. Nothing much had been changed from the original wiring and our electrician was concerned about the non-earthed lighting circuits. My mum can't face a major rewire upheaval so he has replaced the metal ceiling lights with plastic fittings and disconnected the metal wall lights. We are now on the lookout for suitable substitute lights and I came across Double Insulated Lights & fittings, which seem ideal. Such as at:
http://www.double-insulated-lighting.co.uk/index.htm
However, having got my mum excited about these, someone else has told me that these lights should be earthed too, which defeats the point for us.
Are these lights safe to use?
I'd be very grateful for views.