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For the bathroom, want them matching and one needs to go over the shower.

Also need to be ok with insulation over the top. Ideally fit in the holes already there and don’t need the plastic huts.

Taken the old ones out and one wire has an earth but the rest don’t, so looking for class 2 (double insulated) fittings.

Can be integral or needing GU10 bulbs.

Just bought some crap ones from Wickes that I won’t be using.
 
Fixed wiring is required to incorporate an earth conductor, whether or not the fitting connected to it requires an earth or not.
If the existing wiring doesn't contain an earth wire, what kind of cable is it? Are the existing fittings 12 volt?
 
Fixed wiring is required to incorporate an earth conductor, whether or not the fitting connected to it requires an earth or not.
If the existing wiring doesn't contain an earth wire, what kind of cable is it? Are the existing fittings 12 volt?

Thanks for your reply.

You are quite right, I’ve taken one down this morning and the cable is twin & earth but the earth has been cut right back.

The back story is that there were originally MR16 fittings and we had a spark come round and change the fittings to GU10s about 8 years ago.

The cable is too short for me to strip back without going into the loft and lifting all the insulation but it looks like that’s what I’m going to have to do.
 

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