The DNO will be coming to upgrade the company fuse at my place soon.
On the customer side, I need to provide them with a BS7671 test certificate for the internal wiring.
I also need the the tails from the meter to the CU upgrading from 16mm to 25mm.
I need a switch fuse connecting to the...
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Hi all,
A quick question out of interest really,
When testing after alteration or addition, if you come up with a departure from the regs do you put it right or just note it in the box.
I might be my own worst enemy here cos if I find any I can't bear to leave until it's put right.
Thing is...
Just done an inspection on a house. Recent (6 years) new kitchen. Oven and hob isolator switches are on the wall behind fitted cupboards and pull out drawers. Can't reach the Hob isolator switch and definately can't unscrew the cover. Oven switch is accessible if the drawer(s) are removed...
Following a query in another post with a respected member about the suitability of pvc concentric cable for underground wiring, I wrote yesterday to the respected author John Whitfield, who has written widely on the subject of the IEE Wiring regulations, his most notable work probably The...
Can someone tell me where in the new green book it gives the maximum disconnection time for a circuit on a TN system when there is likelyhood of contact from livestock? I just can't find it ?
Dichroic
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Has anybody heard when City & Guilds are bring out amendment 1 update?
My part P is ready for renewal soon and was told by Napit that i need my amendment on my 17th edition.
I said city & guilds have not released it yet?
Hi, As a requirement of BS7671, cables used for lighting must have a protctive conductor included within the sheaving.
Could tell me where I can find this regulation in BS7671?
I am sorry for such a basic question.
But I appreciate if somebody can help me.
Best regards,
Hi,
I understand now that they have changed PIR to Electrical installation condition report however what I want to know what other forms come with it?
Is it still the Schedule of Test results and Schedule of inspections or have they changed the name of them too?
Unfortunately haven't got the...
Hi
I'm after a copy of the 14th edition (way before my time) as I'd like to have the cable sizes ratings etc to hand as I seem to be looking at more and more old houses with good old imperial cables.
Please PM me if you can help
Many thanks.
:wacko:
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Hello All
Inaccessable jb's has been cover by the regs but.......
According to the new ammendment all concealed jointboxes have to marked MF for "maintainance free". (designed to be placed in inaccessable buildings voids, i.e underfloors etc).
From what i am lead to understand, they are the...
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Just wondered if someone could confirm, I have the big red bs7671 book, and the new green comes into force on the 1st Jan 2012.
I use my onsite guide most of the time and I am due my inspection in Jan and wanted to know can i just download the updates and add it to the red book , for example I...
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So then,
What with the new regs coming into force in January, what effect, if any, do they have on a domestic installation?
Will surge protection become a requirement?
If so, where will it be required?
Your thoughts please...
WHAT ARE THE 3 DOCS THAT HAVE TO BE ON FILE I KNOW BS7671,DTIGUIDE, AND ?????? HELP
could someone be kind enough to take a pic of the last one what ever it is just front cover and send me it asap
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HiBit of advice please. Helping a chap on a job, just a tiny little hiccup for him, he's refitting a bathroom & is removing the airing cupboard...as I have done many times, the upstairs lighting circuit has been rewired (along with rest of house 15 years ago) making crafty use if the said airing...
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