Powering outdoor lights from indoor mains

[RichThompson]

Hello,

Our house has a PIR floodlight at the back which has recently packed up. The person who installed it drilled a hole in the house to feed the cable through and power it from a socket in our bedroom. Looking at past posts on this forum it seems as though there's nothing wrong with doing that.

I've bought a replacement CFL 36 watt PIR floodlight and would hope that an electrician can do a like for like replacement without having to connect it to the lighting circuit in the house.

2) I have a new light to fasten to our shed which has it's own RCD, the old light is plugged into a socket in the shed.

3) Also the light in our pantry has stopped working and that is supplied from a scoket in the dining room.

If I get an electrican in to do these replacements and repairs who isnt a cowboy, will he be happy to use sockets or insist they are wired into the lighting circuit?

Ta,

R

 

[Chri5]

Lighting is meant to be permanent and hence why us sparks like to wire it in to lighting circuits with a switch to operate.

I would (if I was doing your work) prefer to do as I've just mentioned or as an alternative provide fused spur boxes of the ring main circuit, with a 3a (red) fuse in each.

It is acceptable to do as you have, but its not very convenient having to access the dinning room socket to plug in /out your larder light for instance.

You should also consider, that if you ever come to sell then none of the 3 lights that you wish to use plugs on can be thought of as correctly wired.

Ultimately it's your choice and I'd take your money and do it your way.

 

[NewOrder]

What kind of cable has he used?

 

[Chri5]

Standard 3c flex I've assumed

 

[sealeon]

The first light I think I would put a fused spur next to the socket its plugged into fed from that socket.The shed light I would do the same thing from the socket in the shed and the last light if by pantry you mean big food cupboard I would either have it wired on the lighting circuit or get one of them battery lights or LED lights from tescoes