Advice needed - Kitchen socket

[rmaynard]

I was asked my an elderly couple if i could fit a twin sso in their kitchen, i had to say no as im only part qualified and i know its a notifiable job. I found out yesterday evening that they had another sparky fit the socket for them but they wernt happy so asked me to go have a look, on the surface it all looked fine, twin socket fed from fcu spurred off kitcen radial, put the martindale in, no earth, switched off fcu, opened up socket and found it was wired in 1.5mm singles, both black with no earth, i have told them its not safe as it is and have taken fuse from fcu so it cant be used, as im quite a noob when it comes to the trade whats my next step, can i remove it all to keep them safe without notifying building control, BTW is a private house owned by the couple and they were left no paperwork, i have tried ringin this "sparky" but cant get hold of him, any advice people.

Rob

 

[ringer]

BRB page 274 table 4D1A Reference method B 1.5mm singles can carry 17.5A (before any other derating)

 

[ezzzekiel]

another point to note, if you alter or change anything then the resposability becomes yours so if something happens to go wrong you were the last electrician working on it...

 

[rmaynard]

thanks, as said above all i did was remove the FCU fuse and put a warning notice on the socket

Rob

 

[telectrix]

best to get hold of the ----pot who did it. if he won't answer his phone, send him one of those text thingies. threaten trading standards if he doesn't come out to put it right within 7 days.