31-08-15, 04:01 PM
His protective bonding may be adequate , it may be undersized , or he may not have any protective bonding at all , he may not even have a means of earthing , he might not have 30mA RCD protection for circuits in a bathroom or cables in wall and voids . The Ip ratings are for ingress protection of moisture or solid objects into electrical enclosures , the first number is solid objects the second number is moisture .providing the Junction box is out of the zones , it will only need to have Ip4x protection against objects no bigger than 2mm in diameter . Just do a temporary safe joint , and when you are redecorating , upgrade to a new cable . With adequate protection.