Date   : Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:30:40 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

AlembicPrs wrote:
> removed. All  circuits are radial, and we have at least 13 socket outlets on
> one radial circuit (and some of those outlets are double ones). 
 
Bad installation practice.
 
> one  could have as many sockets on the one radial as required, subject to
 
A lie.
 
> kept, our 2  amp round pin and 5 amp round pin socket outlets (brown and
 
Bad installation practice.
 
> So we have a mixture of 13amp square pin, and 2 amp and 5 amp round pin.
> Most at floor level, or just above. Mind you, we had to get several quotes
 
Explicitly against regs.
553-01-06: A socket-outlet on a wall or similar structure shall be
mounted at a height above the floor or any working surface to
minimize the risk of mechanical damage to the socket-outlet or to
an associated plug and its flexible cord which might be caused
during insertion, use or withdrawl of the plug.
 
Rule of thumb: Socket outlet should be twice the height of a socket
outlet above a surface (ie, a two-gax outlet rotated 90 degrees).
 
If your electrician claimed to be competant, then he was lying and
in breach of contract.
 
> two way and threeway lighting  circuits to work fully, but at least we got
> certified, and have new consumer  units, and earth protection, etc.
 
So, they falsely certified the installation?
 
> By the way, I have never understood why we can't have socket outlets in
> bathrooms, etc, yet France and Gernmany, for example, have no such qualms.
As
 
'cos electricity and water don't mix!
 
> work out  if the recessed ceiling lights I had installed (before the great
> re-wire)  actually conform. One bathroom has a very low ceiling, and one
 
They will conform if they are on the ceiling, because the ceiling
is "protected by out-of-reach". If the ceiling isn't out of reach,
then it's a "specialist location", and is outside the scope of the
Guide, and needs to be designed specifically in accordance with the
Regs.
 
> David Bolton
> (who has wired up offices and houses in the past)
 
I hope you're more competant than the sparkies you employed for
your house!
 
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