This was a find during a recent electrical installation condition report – formerly known as a periodic inspection report. The live supply cable has signs of overheating – most likely down to a loose connection.
Same job – looks like the work of a ‘handyman’ certainly not an electrician. Handymen may be able to turn their hand to most things. If you are having any kind of electrical work done – even changing a light fitting such as this, make sure that it’s done by a registered electrician.
As it happens the reason I was asked to test this house was because there had been a fire, and although there was damage to some of the cables from the fire, I found a multitude of serious faults in other places which were all down to poor workmanship, along with complete ignorance and lack of knowledge to electrical safety.
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