Is my work compliant/safe?

Feed cable into black ip65 adaptable box fitted with stuffing gland at bottom. Out of the stuffer emanates black flex which goes in the bottom of the light unit which is biased to the right or left of box. The bottom of the light unit is slightly higher then the top of the box--this forms swept loop. Dunno about feed setup diy.. it maybe ok at a pinch m8, as to whether it conforms to regs I haven't got a clue tbqh.

 

Don't really get what you mean exactly. Did you fit an external pir lamp with a length of flex with a plug on the end of it? That plugs into a socket in the kitchen?

 

Is the socket rcd protected Diy?

 

Duuno but if the socket is rcd protected, and the flex used is artic and run in zone where necessary, then it must be reg compliant I suppose Diy. People plug hoovers into a socket.

 

Well then technically it doesn't need to comply with 7671 as it's plugged in but it's slightly muddied in that it's "fixed". Flex suffers from UV so it should really be run in conduit though it will help a lot if the flex is black. Not sure on mechanical protection, I guess it's up to you to make a risk assessment as to whether you think it's liable to get damaged...

 

Capping would look a bit **** tbh, trunking would be ok.

 

Would run it in 20mm round plastic conduit,anything else outside looks terrible.
I think black always looks better outside most of the time.

 

Arctic flex? The flex designed to remain flexible at low temperatures to allow you to wind it up, coil it, and generally move it around in the cold........Do you really think a cable that is fixed and stationary and is never moved is going to benefit from Arctic? I'm sure the home owner would love to see some yellow or blue flex clipped to their wall.

 

I don't know Lec - never done that kind of thing before..

 

OP: Ignore all the above.

 

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Years back my then neighbor put up a PIR light in his back yard. He really lashed it up, chucked in a bit of 2.5mm up the wall, a couple of clips and glanded the whole thing off with a round gland rather than a oval one. Eventually the actual light fell off so he tied it back up with a bit of string. I've moved since but it worked for the six years I lived next to it. Still going as far as I know. Makes you think all these regs are bit OTT really.