Seeing as how you all like pictures so much

[ban-all-sheds]

you are mdbalsom and I claim my five pounds

 

[mdbalson]

you are mdbalson and I claim my five pounds

No he is not I am

 

[333rocky333]

Probably not worth changing now, but I can see how it came about.

I was expecting a more high tec reason than that

As you say best to leave alone, as not a lot in it
Altering now will possibly force you to restrip and shorten the wires and cause unnecessary hassle.
Noted you have the proper crimp tool,well done.

 

[333rocky333]

you are mdbalsom and I claim my five pounds

Why is this
Is it a competition
Incidentally from recent old posts
BAS incomer
and
md balsom,s incomer
are totally different
So he has two houses or is not

 

[THRIPSTER]

Groovy plier marks on the cable insulation BAS.

Good pictures.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

They actually look far far worse on the photos than they really are - must be the flash casting strong shadows.

I use one of these:

and they grip the insulation and leave a few little dents, but not gouges like the pics appear to show...

 

[briwire]

the RCD should be i the house so that all components that are outside are protected by it.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

All the components outside are protected by it...

 

[GaryMo]

The only thing not protected by the RCD would be the supply cable but we all know that's not necessary.....
There's no reason why the RCD can't be located there.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The only thing not protected by the RCD would be the supply cable

I wasn't counting that. No reason to have that on an RCD.

 

[GaryMo]

The only thing not protected by the RCD would be the supply cable

I wasn't counting that. No reason to have that on an RCD.

At least quote me in full!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The only thing not protected by the RCD would be the supply cable but we all know that's not necessary.....
There's no reason why the RCD can't be located there.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[GaryMo]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Anyway - I inspected the crimping closely, and it was just a case of the sleeving not quite lining up on one of the conductors - the actual cores were securely joined.

So I applied some heat-shrink:

filled the boxes with compound:

and screwed down the lids, then wrapped the whole lot in self-amalgamating. (No photos of that).

Before sealing everything up, BTW, I checked continuity (R1+R2 & Rn+(Rs?? is there a symbol for the armour resistance??)) at each box and each light and insulation resistance - all OK.

All working fine now....