Outside lighting, best way to wire them and what with?

[Guitarist]

Gas is dry.

I do a lot of plumbing, and I do it well. I would Never touch gas tho...

 

[J&M Electrical]

I do a lot of plumbing, and I do it well. I would Never touch gas tho...

Agree, we do property development aswell as a side venture when we are quiet and we do everything apart from Gas and plastering ourselves.

 

[mickys86]

Hi Tim, just to point out what others haven't is that your idea of twin and earth used to install garden lights and coming straight off a mains socket is very wrong. And rather dangerous. It wouldn't cost much to have an electrician install these for you. Hope you get to read these comments before something goes wrong.....

 

[trev]

Well guys we gave him the best advice we could so if he DIYs it, We didn't start the fire

 

[truckster]

Possibly!!

But then you could end up far worse than just wet too!!! This just smacks of another wanna-be electrical policeman that thinks the general public should be banned from purchasing anything remotely electrical, because they owe you a living!!

As i said, this isn't anything New!! Never been a problem in the past. I've only ever seen/heard of anyone wanting to ban the sale of electrical materials to the general public, since the formation of Part Pee scam providers and the influx of quick fix training centre's churning out under trained ill experienced wanna be electricians....

If anything, those two organisation types should be your targets for any banning, not the general public!!!

I think the thousands of house fires and many deaths by electrocution may argue against this sentiment!

Always fancied being a policeman, lie the uniform!

 

[Jay Sparks]

Well guys we gave him the best advice we could so if he DIYs it, We didn't start the fire

But if he does it himself and something goes wrong, it could be the end of the world as we know it.....

 

[alarm man]

Possibly!!

But then you could end up far worse than just wet too!!! This just smacks of another wanna-be electrical policeman that thinks the general public should be banned from purchasing anything remotely electrical, because they owe you a living!!

As i said, this isn't anything New!! Never been a problem in the past. I've only ever seen/heard of anyone wanting to ban the sale of electrical materials to the general public, since the formation of Part Pee scam providers and the influx of quick fix training centre's churning out under trained ill experienced wanna be electricians....

If anything, those two organisation types should be your targets for any banning, not the general public!!!

as e54 says,the industry is worse since part p,not better..

 

[Guitarist]

Eng, I don't think that anyone was saying that the general public owe us a living. It is frustrating tho, when one tries to do things by-the-book at great expense, to find every incompetent Tom, Dick and Harry "having a go". I don't agree with banning the sale of electrical installation goods to the general public, but I do think that the centres that sell them should be more pro-active in pointing out the dangers and risks.
Surely, you can't condone poorly done DIY electrics, just because it's everybody's right to do so, when you so vehemently lecture everyone here (and I do agree with you) on low Ra readings!

 

[truckster]

as e54 says,the industry is worse since part p,not better..

I think market conditions are worse because we are not on a level playing field, do it by the book, registration, fees. test equipment or just throw it in no questions asked, who's going to be cheaper. The industry and scam providers are shooting legit sparks in the back!

Jumps off soapbox

 

[Knobhead]

I've lost a post!

No it didn't have a light on it.