Capping off external wiring - is this safe?

[DeusXM]

I've just had an NICEIC-certified sparky disconnect an external security lamp for me. He was unable to remove the backing plate and has left the fixture like this.

Is this safe? The wires go into a connecting block but they're still live.

 

[JohnD]

no of course not

there is no lid on the box, and it does not look like an outside one to me.

there appear to be some unterminated wires

as a minimum it needs a weatherproof enclosure with a lid.

but why don't you go inside the house, where the cable comes from, and isolate and terminate it there?

 

[Deleted member 267285]

why don't you go inside the house, where the cable comes from, and isolate and terminate it there?

Why didn’t the spark? Also, for an eicr, wouldn’t think the way it’s left is acceptable.

 

[bernardgreen]

https://www.niceic.com/find-a-contractor/complaints

 

[sparkwright]

I hope he didn't charge you for that.

And if he did, I hope you didn't pay him.

As a bare minimum, he should have found a way to get back plate off, and then fit an outdoor junction box with the wires safely terminated in connector blocks.

Obviously there will be many other options.

 

[chivers67]

Surely he could have just drilled the screws holding it in place and removed the box and replaced it. Ten to twenty minutes work or is it very high up, in which case John D's suggestion ?