Re: American and British (English)

On Aug 14, 11:21 am, HVS <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 14 Aug 2008, the Omrud wrote





Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:52:30 +0200, nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J.
J. Lodder) wrote:

I read somewhere that in addition it's against the law in the
UK to do any work on your home installation yourself,
and that you have to supply proof (when selling your house)
that everything electrical in it has been installed
by a certified (and no doubt hideously expensive) electrician.

That is slightly overstated. If I recall correctly, existing
wiring can be replaced by a non-certified [1] electrician. A
new installation can be done by a non-certified electrician but
the work needs to be inspected and approved by a certified
person.

Yep.  You can make any changes you like but you won't be able to
sell your house unless any work done since the implementation
date (a couple of years ago) are approved by a certified person.

I think that slightly overstates the case -- not much, but
slightly.

AIUI, the regs are different for kitchens/bathrooms and other rooms
-- like-for-like replacement is non-notifiable in all cases, and
minor changes to the system are non-notifiable in other rooms.

From what I've read, adding extra lights or sockets to an existing
circuit (again, except in kitchens/bathrooms) qualifies as
minor/non-notifiable works.

The sheath colours of mains cable (not flex) were changed at the
same time so that it should be quickly obvious if any wiring in
a house post-dates the change.  I have a stock of the old stuff
in my garage.

I rewired our whole house in 1982.

This site seems to summarise it fairly clearly:

http://www.house-signs.co.uk/info/electrical-safety.html

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Cheers, Harvey
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Interesting, I think we've had a similar law in Ontario since I was a
child. Some people even odey it.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada
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