can i use terminal blocks for fluorescent connections?

[rjm2k]

I extended the connector block so its out of sight

What, where someone could accidently touch them?

In hindsight, I should have done it properly and rewired the whole thing.

You know what, you might be right on that one.

Any chance of photos for this lot?

Re-wiring a garage is pretty easy, no need for it to look too pretty, all cables are normally visible etc so why not do it again properly?

 

[dhutch]

Re-wiring a garage is pretty easy, no need for it to look too pretty, all cables are normally visible etc so why not do it again properly?

Because, given thre rest of the thread, you wouldnt trust him to change a light bulb without guidence? Im not an electrican, not one to say 'dont do that its not safe' lightly, but really, just alarming.

 

[phatboy]

In hindsight, I would get the tubes with more watts, guess I'll wait till they go bust before replacing them.

20 years or so then?

 

[SaladFingers]

Ta da!

And this, ladies and gentleman, is presumably why Part P et al were introduced.

Well, no, not really.

Most people who enter DIY work that haven't a clue, aren't informed enough to even realize which building regulations are in place and what it means - so in this case, Part P still wouldn't prevent a thing.

 

[SaladFingers]

I still think that we have someone here who doesn't really understand the difference between earth and neutral....

There potentially, shouldn't be any difference....

 

[dhutch]

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There potentially, shouldn't be any difference....

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Its possable that there isnt a 'potential diffrence' and that at some point there are connected together, at the house, or otherwise, but there is always a diffrence in there us, cable thickness, colour, etc!


Daniel

 

[fuzzyone]

i ran the cables along the top of the joist so is now out of sight, the connector block was tucked in some 'cable tidy thing' about chest height so I extended that up to the joist where its not visible.

The original positions of the 2 bulbs were in different places, so I re-wired and extended the cables to have both tubes now parallel to each other.

I understand this sounds dodgy at the start but i know what I'm doing, heck with the help of some here I even figured out my boiler issue and changed the PCB, I work in IT not the same trade but deal with electrics too

 

[Monkeh]

I understand this sounds dodgy at the start but i know what I'm doing

Urh, we beg to differ.

I work in IT not the same trade but deal with electrics too

Yes, but not in quite the same way. IT electrics are plugging things in to sockets provided by others.