Zenith wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:48 pm
tggzzz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 5:13 pm?C1?
Not entirely sure but I think it refers to the Part P Building Regulations,
That's my (ignorant) presumption too.
where basically you're supposed to have a sparky in to do any electrical work more demanding than changing a light bulb. You might be OK with a degree in electronic engineering, because I recall there's an exception for 'naturally competent people".
ISTR there being such an outcry.
I don't think my EE degree makes me competent with mains electricity, per se. I regard myself as naturally incompetent. I think it is a typical UK "don't look until after a problem has become apparent" fudge.
I've seen some weird things. My parents 1850 house had its mains cable emerge in the centre of the property. The next owners discovered it was a 3 phase supply! The round-pin 13 amp wall sockets were all disconnected; just as well since the vulcanised rubber insulation had disintegrated.
Their previous house's internal wiring had lead sheathed 2 core cables; dog knows how (in)effective the ground connections were at joints. The earlier wire was single insulated wires laid in wooden E-shaped conduits. Neither types were in use, but I wish I'd kept a section or photograph.
Then there was the house rented by daughter at university. Electrician wouldn't go near where the supply emerged from the ground. Neither would the first-level distribution supply engineer; said replacing rusted connections would be a major job! Don't know what, if anything, was the resolution: daughter moved out at end of the academic year.
I know it caused problems for people like kitchen fitters, who had to do a limited amount of electrical work in the course of their job. You can still buy all the materials easily enough, so I'd guess a lot of people just ignore it.
I'd really like such people to be Part-P qualified.