Qualifications required to build lamps

[lamp]

Hello,

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction regarding qualifications I would need to safely build and sell table lamps.

The information I have managed to find on google seems to refer mainly to domestic 'P' type qualifications and CE certification for manufactured products.

I am talking about a really basic type of lamp, a single length of 3 core flex connected to a metal bayonet bulb holder with an inline switch on the flex.

The lamp bodies would be partly made of metal so I presume would require earthing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks Matt.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Hello,

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction regarding qualifications I would need to safely build and sell table lamps.

The information I have managed to find on google seems to refer mainly to domestic 'P' type qualifications and CE certification for manufactured products.

I am talking about a really basic type of lamp, a single length of 3 core flex connected to a metal bayonet bulb holder with an inline switch on the flex.

The lamp bodies would be partly made of metal so I presume would require earthing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks Matt.

you presume do you...

stick to waiting at tables will you please old love..

 

[telectrix]

lampholders might be partially metal , but still classII.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

aye...but he dont know what to do either way i bet....

 

[telectrix]

probably be cheaper to import from china, then sell on.

 

[Engineer54]

Hello,

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction regarding qualifications I would need to safely build and sell table lamps.

The information I have managed to find on google seems to refer mainly to domestic 'P' type qualifications and CE certification for manufactured products.

I am talking about a really basic type of lamp, a single length of 3 core flex connected to a metal bayonet bulb holder with an inline switch on the flex.

The lamp bodies would be partly made of metal so I presume would require earthing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks Matt.

Post up some photo examples of what your talking about, so we can actually see what you are calling ''A Really Basic Type of Lamp''.... You would certainly need a CE certification for any manufactured products. Part P refers to electrical ''installation'' building Regs, and nothing to do with the manufacture of electrical items such as table lamps etc!! You don't need any specific qualification to be a manufacturer, it's the product needs the certification
not the man/woman who actually builds/makes the product.

 

[Stevesplatto]

CE certification does not apply to one-off manufacture.
http://www.tuv-sud.co.uk/uploads/images/1273153210217037280349/CEWebinar_questions.pdf

I would find someone who can PAT test your products. You could take a course and buy the equipment but having a third party test gives more credibility. Obviously the items must be manufactured to the correct British and EU Standards. You won't be knitting your own flex or beating out your own lamp holders so they are already complient! Just a question of using the correct size cable, making sure all the conductive parts are earthed, (careful if your using mixed materials, earthing say a metal ceiling rose cover on a chandelier and not the body would be bad.), correct plug and fuse etc
Here's a link to trading standards for second hand electrical goods: Northumberland County Council Trading Standards Department - Business advice -
Your PAT test label will prove compliance.
Not sure about insurance etc..
Good luck, I like a one off lamp me

 

[lamp]

Thanks for the quick replies

If you type 'Tiffany Lamp' into google images - that is the type of lamp I want to eventually build. The whole thing can be reduced to a metal base, and a decorated tube through which the flex passes into a bulb holder.

Glennspark : With regards to the question of earthing. I understand that exposed metal objects with any potential to accidentally come into contact with a live feed should be earthed. However having looked at several commercial lamps on the high street, it seems that though they are made of metal they only use 2 core flex. It did occur to me that breaking the insulation on the flex before the bulb holder (which may be plastic with a metal shell ) simply to earth might pose more of a risk than having no earthing at all with an intact continuous flex.

Safety is very important to me. I have never attempted electrical DIY for the simple reason ( to quote Clint Eastwood ) "A good man always knows his limitations."

Stevesplatto : 'Not sure about insurance etc..' - do you mean insurance against being sued ?

Matt.

 

[Stevesplatto]

I mean I'm not sure what insurances you need.