[modeleng] Re: New wiring regs
- From: "tim martin" <timsymartin@xxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:12:16 -0800
As someone who has to technicaly abide by these new regulations I have been
watching and collecting all the information from the new governing body and
there are already alot of problems ariseing. I will try and keep you posted
as and when I'm notified, also the new colour codeing ie, Brown & Blue was
available from September 2004, all the large electrical wholsalers had
deminished their old stocks so were supplying the new style cable, so this
blows a hole in the inspection system from day one. Tim 2
>From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [modeleng] Re: New wiring regs
>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:06:13 +0000 (GMT)
>
>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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