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what is Part P
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The link "ban all sheds" submitted was well written and even answered some good questions I had.
I want to move some sockets on the existing ring main circuit (not special location) that are mounted on the skirting board (plastic enclosures). There is loads of slack cable to move it to 450mm and then refit them in new metal cases in the wall. I am a DNO electrical engineer with all the equipment and electrical safety knolwedge but lack the full part P understanding. MY QUESTION: I can't see how I will be breaking part P, have I overlooked anything as I want to do the job next week but don't want to find out later that I was in the wrong.
As I am not replacing the cable but purely moving sockets surely I must be with in the regs?
I want to move some sockets on the existing ring main circuit (not special location) that are mounted on the skirting board (plastic enclosures). There is loads of slack cable to move it to 450mm and then refit them in new metal cases in the wall. I am a DNO electrical engineer with all the equipment and electrical safety knolwedge but lack the full part P understanding. MY QUESTION: I can't see how I will be breaking part P, have I overlooked anything as I want to do the job next week but don't want to find out later that I was in the wrong.
As I am not replacing the cable but purely moving sockets surely I must be with in the regs?
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I should hope not - you are not allowed sockets in special locations.crichtons said:
ban-all-sheds said:
outdoors is considered a special location iirc and you can have sockets thier
kitchen is special according to part P but not the iee again we have sockets there
CEE industrial sockets are allowed in pool areas and on marinas which are both special locations iirc.
finally whilst the IEE like to use the term regulations thier rules are not statutory and do not have to be followed. Part POO and EAW both suggest them as one way of complying with the requirements but neither actually requires you to follow them despite what some will try to tell you.
No it isn't - read the legislation:plugwash said:
"special location" means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, sixteenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2001 and incorporating amendments 1 and 2.
No it isn't - read the legislation:
"special location" means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, sixteenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2001 and incorporating amendments 1 and 2.
That's true, but I'm pretty sure he was talking about BS1363 sockets..
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