On Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:44:57 PM UTC, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Mar 21, 4:16 pm, (A.Lee) wrote:
Man at B&Q wrote:
On Mar 21, 7:05 am, (A.Lee) wrote:

A 12v halogen bulb supplied by a battery - of course it WILL be a very
low electrical risk, so as I stated, it may not be worth testing, which
the Inspector will assess when he sees it.

Sorry but its trivially easy to construct a lead acid and a light in a box to make it a high risk. Anyone that doesn't realise the issues is liable to do just that.

This reminds me of the first stage lighting I ever encountered. 8 GLS filament lamps in a wooden housing lined with ali foil, all wired up with bell wire. After several minutes the fuseboard fuse blew, and the wiring was found to be badly molten. No earth, no fuse, no consideration of cable rating or the temp the wood enclosure would reach, no guidance on safe lamp power, no cordgrip, bell cable used for flex, etc. Good job it wasnt fed by a lead acid battery, or it would probably have caught fire.


NT

Is a short across a car battery very low risk? I would want to see the
system before pre-judging that it is, or is not, definitely a low
risk. It's this kind of silines that give H&S a bad name. You need to
apply some common sense.
MBQ