Leaking flex tap connector

snipped-for-privacy@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) wrote in news:1ogwbu1.6l0s95du81neN% snipped-for-privacy@hayter.org:

Good point.

....and many fitted by professionals.

A new olive will slide down the pipe easily - its the process of forcing it into the socket on the fitting that results in the compression onto the pipe, by which time its already in the right place.

To be fair, this is not a suggestion I have heard in the past, and so have never tried doing it intentionally, but then again I have not had any difficulty making successful compression joints in the vast majority cf cases either.

While I accept that having a slight withdrawal of the pipe (oh err!) is unlikely have any deleterious effect in most cases, I would also note that it is contrary to the manufacturers instructions, which normally stipulate that the pipe should be hard against the end stop. E.g.

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John Rumm snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.null wrote in

I read the tip on here and it gave me a Eureka sensation!

One of mine is almost horizontal, but a) that is because I need it to light the full distance from the front of my garage, along the back driveway and up to the back door of the house (especially as my wife has poor night vision, balance problems and joint problems, so she is likely to fall and struggle to get up again if she steps on a ball or something in the dark) and b) our side gates are solid and tall, so the houses opposite are not really affected.

Ours is LED these days, but there was originally a 500W unit, partly to get sufficient light some distance away, but also because I use the area in front of the garage for marking out and cutting and don't want to be stopped or make a mistake due to poor lighting on a winter evening.

SteveW

Steve Walker snipped-for-privacy@walker-family.me.uk> wrote in news:qqdvet$n1g$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Consider the proportion of the light that is not hitting your property at all. At least 50% will be going upwards. You may even have a dark spot und er the lamp. Surely aiming the centre of the "beam" at the place where you are working will be an improvement. Better still - the edge of the beam at the outer edge of your property to limit overspill.

My wife also has poor vision and this is made worse by having a bright source of light in her field of vision. Our driveway light is under the house eaves and points almost directly downwards - it is perfect for all reasons.

Our garage is the length of the back garden away from the house, so the light needs to be strong at the front of the garage for me to work there, but reasonably strong right along to the house and past to the back door of the house, which is actually some way along the side.

The light is not actually horizontal, but is angled high enough that the upper cut-off is near horizontal.

She does not suffer from problems with a bright light source, but struggles with a lack of light - I have often guided her on unlit paths or across campsites in the dark, where she can't see anything at all and has to be warned of kerbs, etc., while I can see fine.

I am intending to put up lights at the side of the house - at which point the garage light will only need to light in front of the garage and part of the way along the garden, but that cannot be done until I am ready to redecorate the kitchen, as wiring will need to come from there and through the wall.

SteveW

It just gives me an "unnecessary complication that is more likely to result in a leaking joint" sensation!

(i.e. pull it out too far and you will get a mechanically weak joint, and poorer sealing since the olive will be too close to the end of the pipe, which will then deform too much under tightening)

John Rumm snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.null wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk:

I did suggest (pass on) a millimetre or two.

When I used to read up on lighting (I was involved in stage lighting) the mantra was to see the effect of the light but never the source of the light.(as it results in the eye's iris closing down and everywhere else appearing darker)

A mm or two is easy when sat in my chair typing, but much harder to be consistent with when scrunched into corner, working under a floor etc.

There is a little more certainty with "push it all the way in"!

Nobody used these? Made for the job.