25mm cable ???

[ban-all-sheds]

Interpretation

2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
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“controlled service or fitting” means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H, J, L or P of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement;
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Meaning of building work

3. (1) In these Regulations “building work” means—
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(b)the provision or extension of a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a building;

Requirements relating to building work

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(3) Building work shall be carried out so that, after it has been completed—
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(b)any building in, or in connection with, which a controlled service or fitting is provided, extended or materially altered; or

(c)any controlled service or fitting,

complies with the applicable requirements of Schedule 1 or, where it did not comply with any such requirement, is no more unsatisfactory in relation to that requirement than before the work was carried out.


So unless the house was already lit by over 1kW of halogen lighting.....

 

[winston1]

"48 element high digital aerial"

No such thing as a digital aerial. Aerials just receive radio frequencies and don't care if they are analogue or digital. Also no 48 element aerials, someone has counted the elements 4 times.

Coax outlets should be specified as fully screened.

Has he measured the TV signal levels? You may not need an 8 way amplifier at all, passive splitting could work. If you do no gain figures have been quoted.

I've said it before but I'll say it again. Many sparks no f*** all about TV and RF so this side is best left to CAI registered aerial installers.

 

[SparrowHawk99]

Guys I really don't know where this conversation is heading.

Are the people commenting about the lighting actually working in the industry today and not taking their knowledge from something they think is right? I asked for spotlights in the rooms, again what is wrong with having spot lights? Yes I could buy florescent if I wanted to and get better energy but I'm not trying to compete with ****ing building regulations. It's up to me whether I have halogens or florescent, who even cares? It's a case of changing the bulb !

So I'm being told now amongst many things that spot lights won't even come close to meeting lighting requirements? This is not a new build... are you saying that everyone that's ever had spot lights is wrong? I think some of you are a bit out of print to be honest.

Why would I need a designer for christ sake it's a 2 bedroom rewire? The cables will be run, 6mm for hob and boiler, lights run accordingly. What on earth is the problem with some of you, need to cheer up. And it's conflicting also because people saying only £400 worth of materials there, and then people moaning about having a ****ing architect doing CAD drawings or something for the electrics. Don't be so stupid. Neither myself or my neighbor are going near live cables, we are running cables to the consumer unit that's bloody it

As for TV aeriel it's all been run a new, new cable and points in bedrooms/lounge. For all I know it's going to a box in the loft and that is it. Would be nice to have a CAI registered installer yeah, pay a bloke £300 + vat to fit his fat arse through the loft space and fumble with a few cables.. actually maybe I will do this instead if it doesn't work out. Worse case I will if I need to get someone in separate

 

[SparrowHawk99]

So if I buy expensive florescent bulbs for every room this would satisfy everyone here ?

 

[Jason1790]

So if I buy expensive florescent bulbs for every room this would satisfy everyone here ?

You don't need to satisfy everyone here, only building control.

 

[winston1]

As for TV aeriel it's all been run a new, new cable and points in bedrooms/lounge. For all I know it's going to a box in the loft and that is it. Would be nice to have a CAI registered installer yeah, pay a bloke £300 + vat to fit his fat a**e through the loft space and fumble with a few cables.. actually maybe I will do this instead if it doesn't work out. Worse case I will if I need to get someone in separate

I have seen many cases, even on new builds, where the electricians have done the aerials and customers have complained of poor reception, missing channels, blocking and freezing etc.

Aerials fitted in the wrong polarity, cheap nasty poorly screened coax, unscreened aerial sockets, too high a gain amplifier causing overloading, wrongly fitted coax plugs without soldering the centre pin, coax joined with choc blocks, coax sockets linked into each other, the list goes on.

Just like electricians need proper test and measuring equipment, aerial installers do to. It is rare to possess both sets of equipment.

Better to pay a bit now than pay a lot more later to put it right. Would you be happy for your freshly decorated walls to be re channelled for new coax cables?

 

[winston1]

So if I buy expensive florescent bulbs for every room this would satisfy everyone here ?

Better still get LEDs, 50W equivalent under a fiver.

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homeba...n-dimmable-bulb-gu10-5w--50w----1-pack-246316

 

[DaftPunk]

You don't half spout some shi t on here winston. Every electrician I know wires tvs and I've never heard if one not working or a customer complaining. It's not rocket science.

 

[winston1]

You don't half spout some shi t on here winston. Every electrician I know wires tvs and I've never heard if one not working or a customer complaining. It's not rocket science.

I'm not spouting **** as you put. It is not rocket science, but it is a speciality that many sparks don't understand.

I've already listed faults I have encountered, maybe you have been lucky.

 

[DaftPunk]

Or maybe in the real world sparks aren't idiots and are more than capable of running in a few wires of the correct spec without any problem at all.

 

[Monkeh]

Or maybe in the real world sparks aren't idiots and are more than capable of running in a few wires of the correct spec without any problem at all.

Some are, some aren't. More than just running cables involved, y'know.

 

[SparrowHawk99]

So if I buy expensive florescent bulbs for every room this would satisfy everyone here ?

You don't need to satisfy everyone here, only building control.

Tell me what bulb to buy that satisfies part L and I'll buy it... the fact they are all fire rated downlights at least shows that the guy is attempting to meet regulations. He asked me if I wanted the the energy efficient ones and because they are expensive we agreed on the cheaper halogens. I'm prepared to pay for part l compliant bulbs, but they would need to be dimmable as I'm having dimmer switches for every room of the house.

Has nobody noticed that there is fire and heat detection going in all interlinked

 

[Monkeh]

Because dimming halogens is a good idea.

 

[JohnW2]

Lamps is the correct term used for bulbs.

'Correct' in the eyes of the electrical trade, it seems, but dictionaries appear to still keep to the traditional, IMO seemingly sensible, definitions:

Lamp NOUN A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or oil and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade: a table lamp

Light bulb NOUN A glass bulb inserted into a lamp or a socket in a ceiling, which provides light by passing an electric current through a filament or a pocket of inert gas: the watchman switched on an electric light bulb

As I often ask, am I really now expected to go into a shop and ask for a lamp to put in my table lamp, standard lamp or car headlamp - and, if so, what sort of reaction am I likely to get?!

Kind Regards, John

 

[Monkeh]

Lamps is the correct term used for bulbs.

'Correct' in the eyes of the electrical trade, it seems, but dictionaries appear to still keep to the traditional, IMO seemingly sensible, definitions:

Lamp NOUN A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or oil and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade: a table lamp

Light bulb NOUN A glass bulb inserted into a lamp or a socket in a ceiling, which provides light by passing an electric current through a filament or a pocket of inert gas: the watchman switched on an electric light bulb

As I often ask, am I really now expected to go into a shop and ask for a lamp to put in my table lamp, standard lamp or car headlamp - and, if so, what sort of reaction am I likely to get?!

Kind Regards, John

And so many of my lamps are neither shaped like bulbs nor contain inert gasses or filaments.

I don't think this thread is the appropriate place for this discussion.