Re: American and British (English)

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:27 +0100, HVS <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 14 Aug 2008, John Kane wrote

On Aug 14, 11:21!m, 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. ou 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. 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

--
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.

Yup.

I have no idea what the going rate is for getting someone to
certify as necessary -- but I'm fairly certain I could find someone
to do it without jumping through too many hoops.

About 200 UKP for a testing a full installation, so I was told today
by someone who is about to completely rewire a house. Back in 1968,
when I did my first house, it cost a fiver for the electricity board
to test it, and a tenner for the gas board to connect up the central
heating. It cost 50 UKP to have a guy run a flexible exhaust tube down
the chimney to connect to the boiler, which was one of those with a
gas fire in front and a boiler behind, mounted in a fireplace.

--
Robin
(BrE)
Herts, England
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