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nramsden
Just wanted to thank the many members on here who posted advice about Part P Assessments. It has proved invaluable, insightful and reassuring. Even though I havn't been that nervous in a long time.
For those interested I did a CU change and rewire of multiple lights in my own property. My Assessment was originally booked for September but had to be delayed due to the shocking state of much of the wiring in my house. I battled with, among other things:-
No earths to many lights. They were in the ceiling rose's but not connected in the many hidden JB's I found. No Zs reading always made my heart sink.
Upstairs lights wired in singles (or torn apart t&e to more accurate).
Borrowed neutral on landing light.
Class 1 wall lights wired with bell wire.
Switch cables which even the Elecsa man couldn't identify.
A bedroom with three sockets all on different circuits.
7.6kw Shower (now removed) wired back in to 32a breaker with 6mm. Just about OK but very dodgy.
So I lost count of how many Wago's I got through.
To the assessment. Quite enjoyable and felt at ease all the way through. Lot's of questions and answers. I felt this gauged my competency and drove the rest of the assessment. He was also impressed I had the new 7671 and On-site guide (he'd not managed to get a new on-site guide yet).
On to my works. He checked couple of switches. Looked in the CU. Got me to do a Ze test and an RCD test. Discussed other results I had. Some were OK but suspect and he liked the possible reasons and proposed remedial actions/investigations. He suspected an old ring might have been wired in 2.5/1mm which was a new learning for me. Need to confirm that.
Although I got a A I did have one small observation which I corrected during the assessment. My CU design had a separate earth terminal and I missed the "safety do not remove......" label.
Finally, I was not aware that if I'd left this until next year then all my training and study would have been scuppered slightly by the change in requirements to NVQ L3
So once again thank you all.
For those interested I did a CU change and rewire of multiple lights in my own property. My Assessment was originally booked for September but had to be delayed due to the shocking state of much of the wiring in my house. I battled with, among other things:-
No earths to many lights. They were in the ceiling rose's but not connected in the many hidden JB's I found. No Zs reading always made my heart sink.
Upstairs lights wired in singles (or torn apart t&e to more accurate).
Borrowed neutral on landing light.
Class 1 wall lights wired with bell wire.
Switch cables which even the Elecsa man couldn't identify.
A bedroom with three sockets all on different circuits.
7.6kw Shower (now removed) wired back in to 32a breaker with 6mm. Just about OK but very dodgy.
So I lost count of how many Wago's I got through.
To the assessment. Quite enjoyable and felt at ease all the way through. Lot's of questions and answers. I felt this gauged my competency and drove the rest of the assessment. He was also impressed I had the new 7671 and On-site guide (he'd not managed to get a new on-site guide yet).
On to my works. He checked couple of switches. Looked in the CU. Got me to do a Ze test and an RCD test. Discussed other results I had. Some were OK but suspect and he liked the possible reasons and proposed remedial actions/investigations. He suspected an old ring might have been wired in 2.5/1mm which was a new learning for me. Need to confirm that.
Although I got a A I did have one small observation which I corrected during the assessment. My CU design had a separate earth terminal and I missed the "safety do not remove......" label.
Finally, I was not aware that if I'd left this until next year then all my training and study would have been scuppered slightly by the change in requirements to NVQ L3
So once again thank you all.
