I was contemplating fitting new light fittings upstairs, but after research about how fiddly these new modern light fittings are, limited space to contain the connections within the light fitting to be compliant, hence not stuffing choc boxes back up the hole in the ceiling which I've read is a safety issue, so I decided to leave it to the professionals and paid a Sparky to do the work this morning!
The light in our bedroom was a pain apparently, so he said to me he couldn't use the preferred Wago method and did it with choc blocks. There was only room for 3 of them within the light fitting, so he taped up the block with the 3 lives and said he'd rested them in the space where the wires comedown at the level of the plasterboard, that being 18mm thick and the 11mm choc block would mean it "fits within the fitting base, is accessible and compliant". He showed me I could see part of the yellow/green taped choc block in the small gap between the top of the light fitting and the ceiling. I took a photo (attached) after he'd popped some filler around it (less said about that the better!) and you can make it out.
My question would be is it contained in the fitting base or in the ceiling void - I've attached a diagram hopefully to make more sense.
The red box with no wires is not part of this fitting, I'm assuming it's not compliant as it's in the ceiling void, purely for demonstration on my part if it were connected?
The other filled boxes (3x light green, 1x blue) are choc blocks for this fitting, with the 3 green and 1 blue being how this light fitting is set up, the three green ones (earth, neutral and switch) are compliant as they are within the fitting base.
The blue choc block (live) is the one in question as to whether it is housed within the fitting base and compliant?
Obviously it's not to scale, but there isn't enough room for all 4 choc blocks below the hole/plasterboard to be enclosed fully within the light fitting, mainly due to the LED driver.
So should I worry about this and get him back or am I just playing on semantics and being a ****? I'm also aware that taping around the choc box is not normal practice, but is that really an issue?
The light in our bedroom was a pain apparently, so he said to me he couldn't use the preferred Wago method and did it with choc blocks. There was only room for 3 of them within the light fitting, so he taped up the block with the 3 lives and said he'd rested them in the space where the wires comedown at the level of the plasterboard, that being 18mm thick and the 11mm choc block would mean it "fits within the fitting base, is accessible and compliant". He showed me I could see part of the yellow/green taped choc block in the small gap between the top of the light fitting and the ceiling. I took a photo (attached) after he'd popped some filler around it (less said about that the better!) and you can make it out.
My question would be is it contained in the fitting base or in the ceiling void - I've attached a diagram hopefully to make more sense.
The red box with no wires is not part of this fitting, I'm assuming it's not compliant as it's in the ceiling void, purely for demonstration on my part if it were connected?
The other filled boxes (3x light green, 1x blue) are choc blocks for this fitting, with the 3 green and 1 blue being how this light fitting is set up, the three green ones (earth, neutral and switch) are compliant as they are within the fitting base.
The blue choc block (live) is the one in question as to whether it is housed within the fitting base and compliant?
Obviously it's not to scale, but there isn't enough room for all 4 choc blocks below the hole/plasterboard to be enclosed fully within the light fitting, mainly due to the LED driver.
So should I worry about this and get him back or am I just playing on semantics and being a ****? I'm also aware that taping around the choc box is not normal practice, but is that really an issue?
