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Wiring a light fitting with no earth
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Its not just Ali express my son bought 2 metal light fittings from Next, when I went to fit them neither had an earth connection.
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Were the not double insulated?will-he-payitoff said:Its not just Ali express my son bought 2 metal light fittings from Next, when I went to fit them neither had an earth connection.0 -
will-he-payitoff said:Its not just Ali express my son bought 2 metal light fittings from Next, when I went to fit them neither had an earth connection.They may be of Class II construction, although I have come across numerous metallic "Class II" luminaires of dubious quality whereby I would question the Class II designation.That said I have generally found Next fittings to be of good quality. However any of the ones I have seen from Next have been Class I and not Class II.0
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It's quite possible for a metal light fitting to be class II provided that all the wiring inside it has double or reinforced insulation. So a two-core sheathed flex would be fine.
If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.0
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