Any Sparkies on PH?
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Quick question on home electrics. Any sparkies on PH willing to offer tips?
A couple of years back we fitted a new kitchen, I paid a NICEIC "competent person" to come round and connect the electrical appliances (notifiable)
Due to mis-communication, he fitted the switched FCU for the cooker hood in a subsequently inaccessible place. We were in a hurry to complete the kitchen, so rather than calling him back "someone" _may_ have ended up changing the wiring to utilise a different FCU, one which could be freed up by losing a low-level socket. Not a problem per-se - using a 3 amp fuse the installation is safe and complies with all the wiring regs. But strictly speaking the wiring is now not consistent with the plan that the NICEIC guy filed and it may not have been the "competent person" who wielded the final screwdriver!
Now I come to sell or let my flat (damn housing market!) I wonder if this could have implications? Is there a way to get the wiring re-certified without an over-officious sparky kicking up a fuss about what may have happened?
I guess this would only actually have consequences if there were an electrical incident and subsequent investigation revealed the discrepancy. However, I'd rather avoid any potential hassle. Or am I being paranoid. Ideas?
Anon
A couple of years back we fitted a new kitchen, I paid a NICEIC "competent person" to come round and connect the electrical appliances (notifiable)
Due to mis-communication, he fitted the switched FCU for the cooker hood in a subsequently inaccessible place. We were in a hurry to complete the kitchen, so rather than calling him back "someone" _may_ have ended up changing the wiring to utilise a different FCU, one which could be freed up by losing a low-level socket. Not a problem per-se - using a 3 amp fuse the installation is safe and complies with all the wiring regs. But strictly speaking the wiring is now not consistent with the plan that the NICEIC guy filed and it may not have been the "competent person" who wielded the final screwdriver!
Now I come to sell or let my flat (damn housing market!) I wonder if this could have implications? Is there a way to get the wiring re-certified without an over-officious sparky kicking up a fuss about what may have happened?
I guess this would only actually have consequences if there were an electrical incident and subsequent investigation revealed the discrepancy. However, I'd rather avoid any potential hassle. Or am I being paranoid. Ideas?
Anon
ChiefWiggum said:
Quick question on home electrics. Any sparkies on PH willing to offer tips?
A couple of years back we fitted a new kitchen, I paid a NICEIC "competent person" to come round and connect the electrical appliances (notifiable)
Due to mis-communication, he fitted the switched FCU for the cooker hood in a subsequently inaccessible place. We were in a hurry to complete the kitchen, so rather than calling him back "someone" _may_ have ended up changing the wiring to utilise a different FCU, one which could be freed up by losing a low-level socket. Not a problem per-se - using a 3 amp fuse the installation is safe and complies with all the wiring regs. But strictly speaking the wiring is now not consistent with the plan that the NICEIC guy filed and it may not have been the "competent person" who wielded the final screwdriver!
Now I come to sell or let my flat (damn housing market!) I wonder if this could have implications? Is there a way to get the wiring re-certified without an over-officious sparky kicking up a fuss about what may have happened?
I guess this would only actually have consequences if there were an electrical incident and subsequent investigation revealed the discrepancy. However, I'd rather avoid any potential hassle. Or am I being paranoid. Ideas?
Anon
When my nephew wired my garage he wrote in detail all he had done, and sent it off to Part P headquarters, but the certificate that came back for me to keep with the deeds simply said a spur had been added for an outside garage, or words to that effect.A couple of years back we fitted a new kitchen, I paid a NICEIC "competent person" to come round and connect the electrical appliances (notifiable)
Due to mis-communication, he fitted the switched FCU for the cooker hood in a subsequently inaccessible place. We were in a hurry to complete the kitchen, so rather than calling him back "someone" _may_ have ended up changing the wiring to utilise a different FCU, one which could be freed up by losing a low-level socket. Not a problem per-se - using a 3 amp fuse the installation is safe and complies with all the wiring regs. But strictly speaking the wiring is now not consistent with the plan that the NICEIC guy filed and it may not have been the "competent person" who wielded the final screwdriver!
Now I come to sell or let my flat (damn housing market!) I wonder if this could have implications? Is there a way to get the wiring re-certified without an over-officious sparky kicking up a fuss about what may have happened?
I guess this would only actually have consequences if there were an electrical incident and subsequent investigation revealed the discrepancy. However, I'd rather avoid any potential hassle. Or am I being paranoid. Ideas?
Anon
I have since changed a couple of things, but I don't think anybody is ever going to investigate and follow every wire, check every breaker size.
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