Just taken delivery of one of these
It was supplied with a foot of 3 core flex, which wasn't long enough for my purposes, so I decided to fit a longer one. On taking the back off I found not only wires joined together with tape, but the earth lead was attached to one of the alloy screws going into a plastic part of the assembly. Am I right in thinking this doesn't comply with UK regs? They seem to have sold thousands of these things. Thanks for any advice
taped choc blocks are compliant, taped twisted wires aren't
if its a metal fitting that's not compliant, or safe.
NT
The picture being upside down should have told you something......
:-)
The uncertainty of the quality of many exterior lights is one reason I chose to get 12 volt lights.
We've had the typical cheapo halogen for at least 10 years, and it has worked perfectly until recently. The LED equivalent seemed like the sensible option. I can probably rewire this thing and find (or create) a decent earth terminal. OTOH I'm tempted to send it back but 20 watt versions seem to be thin on the ground
I've taken 2 non-PIR units apart.
Item 1 the mains wires to the PSU were 'properly' crimped (insulated crimps) and the earth wire was cut off. The power supply was a potted module with just 4 wires - mains in, low voltage dc out.
Item 2 the mains wires to the PSU were joined with twist on wire connectors
You mean its Australian?
Brian
Read a comment under a similar item on Amazon with much the same problem. The earth was on an eyelet but the screw was too long to let the head squish the eye.
I suspect there maybe an element of you get what you pay for £7.99 delivered leaves about a fiver for the goods. I see CPC now have an Eterna branded 10 W non-PIR one for £13.75, they have had non-branded ones at £14 something for a while. Is Eterna a reputable brand?
For some reason this type of domestic security light has always been cheap and cheerful. I imagine there's some huge factory churning them out and retailers charging what they think they can get away with.
My understanding is that the 10W LED version is not as bright as the original halogen type, which is why I opted for the 20W, and why I'll probably rewire this one rather than get what will probably be an identical unit from elsewhere.
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