Under Cabinet Lighting - No Earth

[stanbates]

Hi all

I bought some under cabinet lighting from Ikea a year or so ago. Its the sort which has a standard 3 pin plug which just goes into a socket.

Anyway, I have recently been thinking about installing a fused switch as a spur off the sockets and then running the lightsdirectly from it, and hiding the cables in the wall etc.

I bought some twin and earth flex ready for the job but after looking at the wiring on the light now, it has no earth just twin. Its a lead with a figure of 8 connector (I think thats the right term) similar to this: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60116899 .

So, my question is can I still install it, and if so how? I could obviously buy different lights but would rather use what I have already got if possible.

Thanks in advance.
Stan

 

[jj4091]

Without seeing it my guess would be that they are double insulated fittings & as such do not need to be earthed. But I cannot really see what you are going to achieve by connecting to an fcu, you will still see the cable at some point I would have thought. Fitting an fcu in the kitchen is probably notifiable under part p of building regs. so it seems like a lot of bother for not much benefit

 

[LoveRocket]

They will be class II items, and as such don't require earthing - so don't connect it.

 

[stanbates]

Thanks guys.

JJ - surely thats the same with most under cabinet lighting isnt it? The cables I mean.