Burglar Alarm Query

[breezer]

I fitted a wireless to my mother's house

sorry to hear that, but thankyou for pointout about the plasterboard ceilings, it shows what has been said earlier is true

 

[alertelec]

Wired alarms are the system of choice for professional installers. If there is no problem running the cables then I would recommend a wired system because they are also cheaper than wireless systems.

However, wireless systems gained a reputation for not working which still sticks even though there are a couple of systems on the market that work well. I agree that solar powered wireless alarms are not very good. I agree that the older wireless systems, and probably todays cheap ones, don't work. But the decent onces from Visonic and the Infinite work very well.
http://www.alertelectrical.com/product_subcat.asp?typeID=28&SubID=94

 

[breezer]

visonic

 

[RoyBhamUK]

Don't forget Part P buidling regs is now in force. Are you a competent person and does your work fit into the minor works category.

Hi Guys, I'm a newbie, apologies for hijacking this post, I have been a keen DIYer for many years and self taught and unqualified in electrics and knowing it is a good master but a bad friend. I was wondering after reading the above quote, does this mean I can no longer carry out my own DIY electrics? I hope not as we novices will have very little to talk about on these DIY electric boards

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Unfortunately the search facility here doesn't work well enough for you to be able to search for "Part P", and it's been a topic of discussion for well over a year now...

You could try just scanning the lists of topics, or searching for ODPM, building regs, building regulations, competent person..

The search on Screwfix works better - that will return results for Part P, as will the same search on the IEE Wiring Regulations forum http://www.iee.org/Forums/categories.cfm?catid=205

There's also a forum called "Ask The Trades", but I can't post a link here because the moderators are behaving like little children and have put in auto-censoring.