Badly installed new boiler - advice please

[Festive Ferg]

A couple of weeks without a pump over-run is unlikely to have harmed it. It's interesting to note, though, that over the years I've probably attended maybe 50 installs where the old boiler has been replaced with a new one and the permanent live requirement has been ignored...

[oldcynic]

Festive Ferg said:

A couple of weeks without a pump over-run is unlikely to have harmed it. It's interesting to note, though, that over the years I've probably attended maybe 50 installs where the old boiler has been replaced with a new one and the permanent live requirement has been ignored...

Thanks for that. It's good to know that it's not unlikely to die an early death as a result.

I think the guy needs to go back to school as far as the electricals are concerned. Does he need some kind of certificate for working on the electrical side? The workmanship was shocking - no earth (wire had been cut in one place and not connected in another), no cables clamped in place, brittle flex from the old burnt-out boiler re-used, and the aforementioned tank stat with common, NO and NC all swapped round. Fortunately the gas & water side looks neat so at least he's good at something.

[Festive Ferg]

You need Part 'P' now for wiring heating systems, I think...
CORGI used to offer a Certificate called 'Essential Electrics' which was acceptable, but then they stopped accepting it... LOL!

Mind you, I've never failed to get a first time start on my own heating wiring. I wish I could say the same about quite a few sparks I know...

Edit to add: Have you phase sleeved any cables that are not immediately obviously live???

Edited by Festive Ferg on Saturday 1st January 12:44

[oldcynic]

Festive Ferg said:

Have you phase sleeved any cables that are not immediately obviously live??

No, but the whole lot is now in a box labelled "Danger 230V" with numbered terminals and a key to these inside the lid. Begrudged the £7.99 that B&Q charged but it's so much easier to work with now it's laid out right and I'm very unlikely to call anyone out for the electrical side now, so money well spent.

So what is phase sleeving?

[Ferg]

Like earth sleeve, but brown for slipping over any blue cable you might have used as a live conductor.

[oldcynic]

Thanks. Not about to start pulling things apart now, but I will bear this in mind for future.