Ancient ceiling pendant fitting

tudorfan39

That’s a really good suggestion, I’ll have a trawl through my housing paperwork (bought in 2019) and see if I have one. If not I may treat myself to an EICR check. One question though, would they be impartial or would the have half an eye to future work and amp up the faults so that he could fix it for a cost?

Bookworm105

tudorfan39 said:

Please can you have your argument somewhere else? I just want help with my question, I don’t want to have to scroll through your issue every time

you need to get someone in who knows what they are doing as you have repeatedly shown you have no idea what you are looking at yourself. My "issue" answered your question, yes I have seen something like that, I have it myself. I also know what is underneath it and, as a consequence, what that means in terms of the type of  light fittings i can use .

typically such people are called electricians 

Risteard

Bookworm105 said:

Risteard said:

Bookworm105 said:

Risteard said:

The NICEIC doesn't have members.

semantics
it is a trade association who charges people for the right to display its logo so they can tell customers: yes, I'm a NICEIC approved electrician (aka "member" of a trade body)

It's not a trade association.

then define what it is in your eyes because in ordinary English that is exactly what it is.

A marketing gimmick intended to convince customers that an NICEIC registered person is "competent" because they are accredited to NICEIC and hold an industry recognised qualification.

It is exactly the same as the "professional" accountancy bodies: pass their exams and you can use the logo which "we" spend a lot of money on promoting so it has good credibility in the eyes of (your) customers.

" NICEIC is the UK's largest register of electrical businesses. We ensure that NICEIC tradespeople have all the right insurances and policies in place should anything go wrong." 
For householders (niceic.com)

The ECA is a trade association. The NICEIC isn't. They maintain a Roll of Approved Contractors (ignoring the newer so-called "Domestic Installers".) They are really a consumer protection body.

FreeBear

tudorfan39 said: If not I may treat myself to an EICR check. One question though, would they be impartial or would the have half an eye to future work and amp up the faults so that he could fix it for a cost?

Bit of a crap shoot I'm afraid. But based on just the light fittings, I'd envisage that you are overdue for a rewire.

BarelySentientAI

tudorfan39 said:

That’s a really good suggestion, I’ll have a trawl through my housing paperwork (bought in 2019) and see if I have one. If not I may treat myself to an EICR check. One question though, would they be impartial or would the have half an eye to future work and amp up the faults so that he could fix it for a cost?

It's more likely that you would panic about what it says and talk yourself into unnecessary work in my experience.

The electrician will find things that do not comply with the latest versions of the Wiring Regulations, and so are defects and get listed as such on the report.

Albermarle

tudorfan39 said:

That’s a really good suggestion, I’ll have a trawl through my housing paperwork (bought in 2019) and see if I have one. If not I may treat myself to an EICR check. One question though, would they be impartial or would the have half an eye to future work and amp up the faults so that he could fix it for a cost?

The report will say that your electrics are not complying with current regulations, but this is not an issue in itself.
At the other end of the scale it will be clear if the system is dangerous ( probably will not be).
So most likely you will get some amber warnings ( or whatever system the report uses) and recommendations and you probably will still be in a 50:50 situation whether to do a rewire or not.