New RCD Distribution box installation

Risteard

brightontraveller wrote: »

Electrician in this instance appears to be full of BS and not British Standard type [FONT=&quot]If [FONT=&quot]spouting [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]London[/FONT][FONT=&quot] fire brigade[/FONT]

It was the London Fire Brigade who approached JPEL/64 (the Committee which writes the Wiring Regulations) to have this Regulation included.

brightontraveller

Risteard wrote: »

It was the London Fire Brigade who approached JPEL/64 (the Committee which writes the Wiring Regulations) to have this Regulation included.

BS 7671 as you should know is none statuary

Risteard

brightontraveller wrote: »

BS 7671 as you should know is none statuary

And where have I suggested that it is a Statutory document?

brightontraveller

Risteard wrote: »

And where have I suggested that it is a Statutory document?

And where did I say you did? If you want to believe its down to the London Fire brigade then carry on ....

If you read the OP post the electrician is spouting on about “Yeah, he was saying that the London fire brigade have been doing tests and the outcome is that in Jan 2016 plastic is no longer acceptable. Boards will have to be metal or housed in a metal box so any fire self extinquishes or something” and “He was actually surprised that it was allowed to be sold to us like this as there are laws around selling houses and making sure everything is certified apparently” .... absolute baloney .even if it was in the regs as there not Statutory he is talking out of his !!!! .... The price is high poster mentions nothing about any test results lack of that info and what electrician stated as law I’d say scare mongering plenty of them about and most end up causing more crap than they cure

Risteard

brightontraveller wrote: »

And where did I say you did? If you want to believe its down to the London Fire brigade then carry on ....

It is. JPEL/64 didn't just introduce the Regulation because they thought it would be funny.

brightontraveller

Risteard wrote: »

It is. JPEL/64 didn't just introduce the Regulation because they thought it would be funny.

I’d imagine lots of cowboys spouting junk to get works that don’t need doing with the clients ending up with a less safe installation at the end so definitely a comedic value... Much like Part P

baldelectrician

Just a comment on the new regs due to come in on Jan 16.


At a contractors meeting earlier and there was not one contractor who thought the amendment on consumer units was a good idea
Most were of the opinion that the powers that be were trying to regulate bad workmanship (the cause of loose connections and most fires)


It was noted that there was not a marked increase in electrical fires in Scotland or some other parts of the UK attributed to consumer units.

Justicia

It is certainly a hot topic discussed during my training courses, baldelectrician.

Not much positivity offered up during those either!