Hi,
I've discovered something I don't like very much in my kitchen. I have some undercupboard lights connected to the lighting circuit through a normal light switch. The connection between the light and the switch is in tiny, tiny white flex (0.75mm at a guess?) and I don't fancy its chances much if there was a fault - I think the flex is so thin that it would probably act as a fuse before the MCB popped. The lighting circuit is on a 5 amp MCB (yes, 5 amp - they're old Wylex ones) so with the prospective fault current there I think this little cable could actually be a fire risk.
Firstly, am I right in thinking this is dangerous?
Secondly, the way I see it I have two options:
a) the best one - disconnect the flex, spur a 2.5mm off from the adjacent socket to a 3A fused FCU and take the lights off that, or
b) disconnect them altogether.
Am I right in thinking that the first would be notifiable work, despite being a very small change?
What about the second?
I know it may seem like I'm worrying about nothing but I know the fault current could be in the tens of amps and I don't like the idea of an unprotected piece of thin flex carrying that.
I've discovered something I don't like very much in my kitchen. I have some undercupboard lights connected to the lighting circuit through a normal light switch. The connection between the light and the switch is in tiny, tiny white flex (0.75mm at a guess?) and I don't fancy its chances much if there was a fault - I think the flex is so thin that it would probably act as a fuse before the MCB popped. The lighting circuit is on a 5 amp MCB (yes, 5 amp - they're old Wylex ones) so with the prospective fault current there I think this little cable could actually be a fire risk.
Firstly, am I right in thinking this is dangerous?
Secondly, the way I see it I have two options:
a) the best one - disconnect the flex, spur a 2.5mm off from the adjacent socket to a 3A fused FCU and take the lights off that, or
b) disconnect them altogether.
Am I right in thinking that the first would be notifiable work, despite being a very small change?
What about the second?
I know it may seem like I'm worrying about nothing but I know the fault current could be in the tens of amps and I don't like the idea of an unprotected piece of thin flex carrying that.