Morning all
Just came to extend the lighting in my kitchen and discovered that the downlights are a)not earthed and b) not class 2. They have a steel body with thin powdercoat.
I have old EIC for the kitchen and evidence points to these being installed by a pro NICEIC contractor in 2011 – so unless they were replaced DIY since these should be compliant & safe. However I’ve got nothing, they look unprotected.
Opinions welcome on this
Options I guess are:
The ones on the left are old, on the right are new (purchased for the job without inspecting the existing install closely enough, clearly!)
cheers
Al
Just came to extend the lighting in my kitchen and discovered that the downlights are a)not earthed and b) not class 2. They have a steel body with thin powdercoat.
I have old EIC for the kitchen and evidence points to these being installed by a pro NICEIC contractor in 2011 – so unless they were replaced DIY since these should be compliant & safe. However I’ve got nothing, they look unprotected.
Opinions welcome on this
Options I guess are:
- They are compliant (doubt it, but happy to be corrected)
- They need to go in the bin and I get new ones in (burning through the budget, so looking for a reason not to!)
- I DIY an earth connection at each lamp
The ones on the left are old, on the right are new (purchased for the job without inspecting the existing install closely enough, clearly!)
cheers
Al