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lee sandland

Hi all,
Went to the local DIY centre today and just had a look at the electrical depart ,and found a t&e 10mm cable suitable for a 10Kw shower ?? , Why would they be selling that?
So you’re doing a late job and you local wholesalers have closed ok B & Q ECT is open so I can nip down there.
A forum on here not so long ago suggest a ban of electrical product like this on sale to cowboy builder ect
So why not make it a law that yes they can sell these products but anyone who buys them must have been a scheme member and show there card at the till as proof.
Just an idea??
 
what about the sparks that are not in the scheme when i was working on the ambulance stations and needed some twin and earth so i had to go b and q as it was the closest place get it by miles

so what your saying is becuase i dont belong to a scam sorry i mean scheme im not allowed to buy cable :confused:
 
what about the sparks that are not in the scheme when i was working on the ambulance stations and needed some twin and earth so i had to go b and q as it was the closest place get it by miles

so what your saying is becuase i dont belong to a scam sorry i mean scheme im not allowed to buy cable :confused:
Sorry mate it was only a idea .just to keep the cowboys out
 
Part P only covers some domestic installations, a DIYer can still legally carry out plenty of electrical work in their house, as can 'cowboys'......and I bet an awful lot of sparks who whinge about unqualified people doing electrical work are more than happy to do a bit of work/servicing on their vans and cars at the weekend to save a bob or two....
I know a sparks who resited and services his own gas boiler.......Let he who is without sin....you know the rest.
 
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Part P only covers some domestic installations, a DIYer can still legally carry out plenty of electrical work in their house, as can 'cowboys'......and I bet an awful lot of sparks who whinge about unqualified people doing electrical work are more than happy to do a bit of work/servicing on their vans and cars at the weekend to save a bob or two....
ok, very true but it was just a idea ?, plus there is not alot you can do to a car nowdays, but check the oil &water lol
 
ok, very true but it was just a idea ?, plus there is not alot you can do to a car nowdays, but check the oil &water lol

wheel bearings, disc pads, brake discs, springs, shock absorbers to name some things that are replaced by DIY car mechanics on a regular basis. And there are NO checks at all on the quality of the work. Don't forget a car is a ton and a bit of metal travelling at great speed................:eek:
 
there is the MOT legal anual check so even if its DIY its checked the next MOT no house has an MOT and noone can get access to your house n check whats been done Police can check a car anytime they stop it different scinarios
 
wheel bearings, disc pads, brake discs, springs, shock absorbers to name some things that are replaced by DIY car mechanics on a regular basis. And there are NO checks at all on the quality of the work. Don't forget a car is a ton and a bit of metal travelling at great speed................:eek:
ok but it was only electrical safety i was on about
 
think what he was saying was if your not a spark you should'nt be allowed to buy it
wholesalers never used to trade to the public (and they certainly never gave out pamphlets with instructions on how to wire a shower)
Don't know how you would judge who is a spark and who isn't (it used to be a JIB card)
 
and I bet an awful lot of sparks who whinge about unqualified people doing electrical work are more than happy to do a bit of work/servicing on their vans and cars at the weekend to save a bob or two....

I am not a qualified mechanic but have 40+ years experience of worling on vehicles including complete engine rebuilds, my father who was a mechanic taught me well from a very young age. With the 30+ years qualified electrical experience I also have I find it works well on the repairing modern vehicles with all the electronic systems they have

And yes I whinge about the quality of the work todays mechanics sorry vehicle technicians turn out

And doing it myself not only saves money but alot of time as well and I know the job is done right
 
The only truly dangerous thing ever done to one of my cars was done by a Ford dealership, who left a mole grip clamped to a brake line (wrong tool for the job). I noticed the lack of brakes immediately on driving away. They claimed to have test driven it. AFAIK there are no legal certification requirements for car mechanics (Ford only emply 18 year olds to plug the diagnistic computer in now, if it dont tell em exactly whats wrong they havent a clue)

The only truly dangerous thing ever done to my house electrics was done by a qualified NECEIC member who put the neutral for an RCD on the wrong Bus and mislabelled all the MCB's. Whats worse he then proceeded to test? the Installation and issue an EIC without owning anything more than a Socket tester and neon screwdriver. Did I bother reporting? no cos then I would get grief and more cost. Took me 10 mins to put right and 3 RCBO's to bring up to 17th

I however with no qualifications can quite happily service my Land Rover (10 years now) without a single MOT failure and that not only has included regular services and brakes, but suspension lifts, rewiring, Reversng cameras, brake lines, wading kits and custom armour bumpers etc. Land Rover are very good about making detailed service information available to owners

Also constantly amazed at the ignorance and lack of knowledge expressed on this site by a few "Qualified" folks and the examples posted on this site of work done by others. So I would say that there are just as many qualified folks wearing cowboy hats as non qualified

What this shows is that in the real world, it is almost impossible to legislate a regime that is safe and suits all people. What is clear is the current system isnt working.

What would work I think would be a system that says that anyone can do the actual wiring and it must be to regs. But they must not energise until signed off by a qualified inspector. This could be at 2 levels

1) Work done by competent person and fully self tested with written documentation. Low fee inspection. Basically visual with few key tests done. ie just signing off a proper sparcs work

2) Work done by non competent persons and not tested. Full Fee with full test and inspection.

Thus we would have 2 tiers of professionals, Fitters and examiners

This will be controversial but I personally beleive that in safety critical situations it is wrong to be allowed to certifiy ones own work. No other system in healthcare, mission critical IT, military etc would allow this. Just accasionally that second set of eyes spots something missed or forgotten

BUT to work, it must be publicised and there be strict penalties for non compliance. Currently 90% of the population think anyone can do anything with the leccy and sparks are only needed for big jobs. The easy availabilty of CU's and equipment that requires notification or certifying to fit demonstrates that the market for home electrics is big enough for large stores to cater for.

Maybe if Napit, NICEIC etc all made preresentation to parliment or even publicised the current regs to he public, that would cut down the amount of DIY and dodgy sparc work and mean more for the truly qualified and professional sparks
 
The point I made about unqualified mechanics seems to have touched a nerve......the thing I meant to get across was that there are plenty of unqualified people doing electrical work/mechanics etc perfectly well while equally there are plenty of qualified people making a right pigs ear of it.....I recently done a CU change where the client has had a new kitchen and bathroom installed and the electrics done by two different NIC domestic installers.
The client produced the certs for both jobs,when I did a ring continuity test on the altered kitchen ring (which I know used to be a ring because I've tested and worked on it before) I got open circuit....a break in continuity,the guy left it on a 30a 3036 fuse with no RCD protection.Luckily there are no big appliances so I was able to drop it to a 20a mcb.
On checking the cert for the bathroom I noted that a 30ma rcd was protecting the altered lighting circuit and the trip times were filled in on the cert......odd because there was no sign of an RCD anywhere.
As the circuit was going to be on an RCD in the new DB I assumed the guy had hidden an RCD spur somewhere and I had best remove it as it would give me a low IR reading.
To cut a long story short no such spur was found and eventually I carried out an RCD test on the bathroom lights and nothing tripped!! Clearly the cert and readings were a complete fabrication.

Dont know what the answer is but Madmole made some very good points in the above post.
 
Don't know how you would judge who is a spark and who isn't (it used to be a JIB card)

A JIB card would be the correct way to ensure that a purchaser is an Electrician. No reason why people should have to join expensive schemes - and what if they are an employee rather than company owner? They're hardly going to be a member of a scheme provider in their own right.
 
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