[modeleng] Re: New wiring regs
- From: NIGELBALL@xxxxxxx
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:28:41 EST
Hi All
Just to clarify there has been two changes to the Regs,
1 The colours for electrical installation were changed in april 2004 and for
a period of 3 years you can use either, with certain rules, new installation
should use the new colours, Alterations can use either, but you need to put a
sticker stating that the installation has been modified and uses combination
of new and old.
2. The regs have added a new part called part P (Jan 2005) This effectively
means that DIYers are prevented from doing anything but minor works, changing
a switch and socket etc.
It also means the regs are subject to building regs now, so if your new
workshop has got or will need planning permission then you cannot do the wiring
as it will need testing and all results will need to be passed to the planning
officer as part of the signing off for the new works.
The system has also been set up that the person doing the wiring and testing
has to be a "competent person" and all test equipment must be in
calibration, you cannot do the work and then get someone to sign it off.
Just to add I am an electrical engineer who designs Industrial control
systems, tests the instalation and signs all the forms, but according to my
local
planning officer I am not a "Competant Person" and that's with City and
guilds for the regs and the Inspection and test certificate, So if its an
Industrial installation I can do it, but I can't add a new ring main to my own
garage
!!!!!!.
Regards
Nigel Ball
In a message dated 09/03/2005 16:06:30 GMT Standard Time,
rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hi there Doug,
I would point out that the UK wiring colours have changed so that hard
wiring is now brown, blue not red and black - in this way, a track can be
kept of what wiring was done after the 1st of Jan 2005.
If a person was to manage to get hold of some wire in the pre Jan 2005
colours, then no-one would know that the wiring wasn't done before the Jan
2005 cutoff date! Time for obtaining this wire is probably running out
rapidly.
Also, I don't know how hard/fast/where the dividing line is between
temporary and permanent wiring - so if you aren't intending to leave your
workshop equipment behind when you move out, the do you really need to
leave the wiring, and if you aren't trying to sell the wiring, then it can
be temporary - does this allow any kind of exclusions?
The only other problem is that your electricity supplier has the right to
inspect your wiring/check any ceritificates if you wish to still keep
receiving electricity, but I don't know of anyone who has ever been
inspected in this way (but it is in the small print).
Yours,
Rich.
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Douglas Johnston wrote:
> I am in the process of planning a new outdoor workshop and I have
discovered
> that Big Brother has been changing the rules about what you can do yourself
> in the way of electrical work. It would appear that in the near future
,here
> in the UK, we are not going to be able to wire up a garage or workshop
> without having a tame professional electrician in tow. Have others noticed
> this ? What is the position elsewhere in the world?
> Doug J
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