Went to a job the other day and found that an NICEIC approved domestic installer employed by a conservatory company had installed a small CU and run a 4mm 3
Core SWA to run some sockets and lighting in the conservatory.
On closer inspection he’d split the tails with Henley block to feed to new CU. He’d then installed a flex gland for the SWA (no popper gland) but worst of all, he’d installed a BS61008 32a 30ma RCD for protection. No overcurrent protection at all!
We decided to inform the house owner. She said she’d get on to the conservatory company. She checked the certificate and found that he’d left the overcurrent box blank.
After she’d contacted the conservatory company, I get a call today from the house owner saying that the ‘sparks’ had shown up unannounced and was very aggressive. He didn’t want to talk to me in the phone. She said he went to something in the conservatory and announced, ‘look, it is earthed!’ She proceeded to tell him that the problem was with the breaker and what was on the certificate. When he was shown the certificate (which was about 4 years old) he snatched it and filled in the blank box with the numbers ‘61008’.
Now tell me, why oh why oh why are the NICEIC letting people in like this? When we were admitted into the NIC, I for one was so proud to be a member. Since the advent of the other schemes, this trade has gone to sh*t! I feel so sorry for this lady.
It seems that the NIC maybe more interested in revenue than having fully qualified professional electricians as members and could it be that this is because I all the other schemes are too!?
You’d think they’d all know by now that price based competition lowers standards whereas service based competition raises standards!
Core SWA to run some sockets and lighting in the conservatory.
On closer inspection he’d split the tails with Henley block to feed to new CU. He’d then installed a flex gland for the SWA (no popper gland) but worst of all, he’d installed a BS61008 32a 30ma RCD for protection. No overcurrent protection at all!
We decided to inform the house owner. She said she’d get on to the conservatory company. She checked the certificate and found that he’d left the overcurrent box blank.
After she’d contacted the conservatory company, I get a call today from the house owner saying that the ‘sparks’ had shown up unannounced and was very aggressive. He didn’t want to talk to me in the phone. She said he went to something in the conservatory and announced, ‘look, it is earthed!’ She proceeded to tell him that the problem was with the breaker and what was on the certificate. When he was shown the certificate (which was about 4 years old) he snatched it and filled in the blank box with the numbers ‘61008’.
Now tell me, why oh why oh why are the NICEIC letting people in like this? When we were admitted into the NIC, I for one was so proud to be a member. Since the advent of the other schemes, this trade has gone to sh*t! I feel so sorry for this lady.
It seems that the NIC maybe more interested in revenue than having fully qualified professional electricians as members and could it be that this is because I all the other schemes are too!?
You’d think they’d all know by now that price based competition lowers standards whereas service based competition raises standards!