Who needs qualifications

[lister]

Check out photo;
"Well", said the customer "I've done all the electrics myself, I've spured off that socket to feed those other THREE DOUBLES in the kitchen"
and then used words like "part wot?"
part P sir;
I Quoted and left...............

If you look closley at pic you can see the socket front is cracked to the live where he's chipped his way through!!!.

Numpties you gotta love em!

 

[JulesHurley]

Before this post turns into a business class, aswell as a plug wiring class; The Kingfisher Groups owns B&Q and Screwfix, in addition to other businesses.

Returning to the original Post, DIYers consider their electrical work satisfactiry because a light works, or the radio plays tunes. No explaining about regs, dangers, or quailty of workmanship will ever be considered.

Have had one customer threaten to report me to Trading Standards over a simalr problem. They did not like it when I gave them the phone number.

If the customer has Trading Standards, why cant we report dangerous situations to a regulatory body?

 

[lister]

wattsup--"Problems occur because the cable and or the breaker exceeds demand."

thats good surley- when demand exceeds the cable is where the trouble starts,

By the way the three sockets in the photo was spurred from the kitchen ring main
unfused!

jules- i agree the problem seems to be the homeowner can do whatever he likes in his own home its only when he comes to sell it that he may have a problem, ive even had property developers convert houses into flats ,all work done by some immigrant worker (i kid you not) and then just gets a spark to do a pir when hes done and then rent it out- this is still going on even as we speak ,when you explain to them that i cant issue a part p cert as requested (so they no exactly what there doing) then just do me a periodic that will do.

 

[RETIREDSPARKY]

Regarding part P. A lot of colleges are dropping this course/qualification because of a little knowledge is dangerous, not only to themselves but also to the industry.

 

[CUDABOY]

good thing, part poo should be dropped bigtime.

 

[WarrenG]

Regarding part P. A lot of colleges are dropping this course/qualification because of a little knowledge is dangerous, not only to themselves but also to the industry.

Its not qualification anyway, mere competence course for electrical safety.