Changing MCB to RCBO, is this notifiable??

[mark80]

i come on for some advice which is what i thought the forum was for?? I hope the next time you ask a question someone tells you look for it in the regs instead.
Yes I may not be as experienced as you but i haven't long being out my time. And i dont know how you dare say 'poor training' is the cause. Im sorry if im not as good as you and know everything, i didnt realise i had to know everything in 4 year! Its people like you i cant stand in this game. You dont learn if you dont ask!!!
Dont think ill be using this forum anymore

 

[WayneL]

Hi Mark,

Hopefully all that venom wasn't aimed at me. (Although I'll accept some of it.)

The point I was trying to make with my post was to get you to analyze your competence to do the work, based on the questions that you asked.
If you are honest, should you be allowed to do the job you mentioned, and sign it off as complying with the regulations, if you don't know the basics?


It's a bit like me saying-

I've learnt how to drive but I haven't got a driving licence, howcome they won't let me out on the road? Oh, by the way, which pedal is the accelerator again?



Ayway, I'm going to go out on a limb and agree with 'jpmiff' - if you are replacing the 'lighting' MCB with an RCBO of identical specification, then I would say it is not notifiable.
The other work that you described is also not notifiable, in my opinion.

The only way to be 100 percent sure is to give 'building control' a ring (in the area that the job is) and ask them.

Failing this, why not run the switch drop in 1.5mm SWA - then no need to RCD.


As for bonding the water and gas at the boiler -

The problem with that is if the metal pipework isn't continuous from where it enters the property until it reaches the boiler.

You bond at the boiler upstairs and you could still be leaving 'Extraneous Conductive Parts' un-bonded downstairs e.g. kitchen taps
This is why they say as near as practicable to where they enter the building.


Hope I've been a bit of help - though there's bound to be people who disagree with what I've said.

 

[UNG]

Bloody hell i come on for some advice which is what i thought the forum was for?? I hope the next time you ask a question someone tells you look for it in the regs instead.
Yes I may not be as experienced as you but i haven't long being out my time. And i dont know how you dare say 'poor training' is the cause. Im sorry if im not as good as you and know everything, i didnt realise i had to know everything in 4 year! Its people like you i cant stand in this game. You dont learn if you dont ask!!!
Dont think ill be using this forum anymore

I'm sorry that you find my comment offensive but I stand by my comment. The quality of the training has failed the electrical industry for many many years now. I have seen apprentices finish their time and fail the AM2 test not once but twice I think that says it all
You might not like people like me in the electrical industry and you might find the feeling is mutual