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10 Jan 21, 09:40 PM |
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Thanks yes its a old Wylex fuse board, thus we want it changed Ive put both N and both L in the same terminals of the socket, which resembles the picture on how it was Ive chased up the sparky who was going to do the CU it looks like both cables were fitted when it was rewired and had a new kitchen in the 80's as it would have been impossible to have done it any other way with the tiles and the units Edited at 09:43 PM. |
10 Jan 21, 09:42 PM |
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10 Jan 21, 11:03 PM |
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its not fun wanting a small job done, just asked ( well earlier this evening ) on my girls football whatsapp group, got 2 dads who are electrians in our club, messaged both of them, both busy till the summer
i just want it safe now, so hypothetically what would be safe So I am going with Both N in the Fused spur supply N terminal Both L in the Fused spur supply L terminal then running L and N from the load side to a double socket hypothetically does that looks safe and right ? ? ? Chasing the guy to do the CU, wish me luck |
11 Jan 21, 02:59 PM |
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Will your home insurance cover you if you have a fire if you do the work yourself?
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11 Jan 21, 03:21 PM |
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It isnt just small jobs. I have have had an electrical job out to tender fr some time now (circa £30,000) and cent even get quotes. We have approached numerous companies and they are booked up way into the future. Trades people really have the pick of the jobs at the minute and will probably have for at least the next year.
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11 Jan 21, 03:36 PM |
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I guess it's the luck of the draw where you live and who you call because my neighbour asked me to replace his bathroom light around 5-6 weeks ago and I said I couldn't do it as I'm no longer insured or Part P registered. I told him to try Checkatrade and he got an electrician out within a matter of days (Ruislip West London).
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11 Jan 21, 05:06 PM |
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Can I just add to my comments, I am a fully qualified Electronics Engineer and also a Certified Fire Systems Designer, the voltages may be lower but many principals are the same. Anything I have or will do in my house is also certified and checked by one of our 18th Edition qualified electricians who is also Part "P" certified. There are no short cuts I just save money by 1st and 2nd fixing myself, nothing is connected until it has been checked hence my comment about "If you are not sure get an Electrician in as you will need it certified"
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11 Jan 21, 05:18 PM |
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11 Jan 21, 05:39 PM |
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Hi MH
Dont worry the last notifiable work were the new circuits for the conservatory which I installed as per the regs and was inspected, signed off with a cert as allowed for under the requirements. The only inspection the authority did was on the footings, they accepted everything else without issue. The only other work was not notifiable as swapping sockets and switches on existing circuits, I still got a minor works cert for it though.
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11 Jan 21, 06:33 PM |
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If you installed the new circuits and notified building control as per the requirement and paid the fee prior to doing the work then I'm amazed that building control issued an electrical cert without checking what you did and I suggest you contact them to get it checked. If on the otherhand you installed the new circuits and then got a Part P registered electrician to issue a certificate then building control would believe that the new circuits were installed and inspected by the registered Part P electrician as stated on the electrical certificate then as far as building control are concerned you didn't install the new circuits but the Part P registered electrician did and they would have no reason to question this (unless an incident occurred in the future).
So if you installed the new circuits it is NOT then allowed that an electrician you know gives you a certificate which they would have signed to say 'they' installed the new circuits when they hadn't (thus falsifying the electrical certificate). It's entirely up to you what you do, but I am just clarifying that a person can't legally install new electrical circuits and then get a friend or any other Part P registered electrician to then test the pre installed circuits and issue an electrical certificate stating they did the installation. Edited at 06:47 PM. |
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