Cowboy electricians and trading standards.

[John Wright]

Had a electrician come and do some work for me.Few powerpoints and fit electric shower in from scratch.Anyway halfway through Npower came round to read meter and the guy said the wires were wrong colour and wrong size. I immediately confronted the cowboy who previous had shown me a nic card and warned me against cowboys himself (He turned out to be unqualified) He had told me previously &nbsp;he was part P and a nic member.&nbsp;<br><br>I went to trading standards who just messed me around for few months ,l even showed them the advertisement he was using claiming to be part of nic but i still had to chase them around for feed back.<br><br>In the end this cowboy deleted his web site etc and the trading standards officer told me on the phone that there is not much he can do because ideally &nbsp;the safety officers from trading standards should come out and inspect but it's &nbsp;hard to make them do anything.He also said you do not need to be qualified to set yourself up as an electrician and said i could start work that afternoon as a electrician and work on people's houses. He spoke about Canada etc where it's different and electricians need to be qualified. ( I have the full phone call recording) Was the trading standards officer telling the truth ? He said it only becomes a crime if its proven he lied about being part of a trading body.<div><br><br></div>

 

[richy3333]

I've report two 'organisations' to the NICEIC and in both instances they've acted so I don't understand why they won't for the OP?

 

[snowhead]

I've report two 'organisations' to the NICEIC and in both instances they've acted so I don't understand why they won't for the OP?

Maybe because he isn't currently (falsely) advertising as being part of an Organisation.

 

[Marvo]

.......In the end this cowboy deleted his web site etc

Maybe the NIC already contacted him about misuse of trademark etc and that's what motivated him to remove his website.

 

[John Wright]

From the electrical report. The mains cable running from the consumer unit to the shower was only 2.5mm as opposed to the minimum requirement of 6mm. The colour coding of this cable was red and black. Mr --- incorectly routed the cables instead of drilling through the joists,he ran the cable over the joists in a cut-out ,next to copper water pipes.He then routed the cables in trunking between the copper pipes,and across the boiler,this would cause them to get hot and is against the regulations.When consumer unit was fitted both tails used were blue,the live tail was covered with red tape,. Yes its a strange world when the police seem to be on the side of this cowboy.All the police have told me is take it up with trading standards.Which i have been now for last couple months +.

 

[telectrix]

From the electrical report. The mains cable running from the consumer unit to the shower was only 2.5mm as opposed to the minimum requirement of 6mm. The colour coding of this cable was red and black. Mr --- incorectly routed the cables instead of drilling through the joists,he ran the cable over the joists in a cut-out ,next to copper water pipes.He then routed the cables in trunking between the copper pipes,and across the boiler,this would cause them to get hot and is against the regulations.When consumer unit was fitted both tails used were blue,the live tail was covered with red tape,. Yes its a strange world when the police seem to be on the side of this cowboy.All the police have told me is take it up with trading standards.Which i have been now for last couple months +.

unless you have something on paper, signed, that he has done this work, his response will be that that cable has been in for 40+ years, as that method has not been used since the 70's and red/black cable must be pre 2006. tread carefully or you could find yourself on the wrong side of a court room.

 

[John Wright]

Yes ive got receipt for the work.

 

[John Wright]

He's working for kayman recruitment now allegedly in a team work on commercial contracts up and down the country.