Domestic surge protection

[brightspark2010]

Hi all what is the requirement for surge protection in a dwelling if rewiring or upgrading nowadays have not touched domestic for a long time and wondered what is required to comply with bs 7671 on his now?

 

[DPG]

I didn't think there were any requirements for domestic surge protection. There'll be a lot of installs that fail their inspection if there is Daz

 

[Richard Burns]

I think surge protection is only indicated where there is a risk of damage to high value equipment and the cost of the install is then worth doing.
This would rarely be the case in a domestic situation.
For the UK the incidence of lightning strikes is low enough that there is not a significant risk.
Appendix 16 covers SPDs.

 

[DPG]

Cue post from 'westom' ! Daz

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

My mate went on an update course with the IET (Seminar) and was advised insurance companies to commercial property's in the future will begin to demand SPDs as standard,
I would imagine if this is the case some point in the future domestic will be affected so I would consult the client and advise them, obviously consider the costs though but surely if the client agrees for the extra it can't hurt