Legal aspect of Electrics in a commercial setting

hi bas

ok let's forget about isolating mains, cable clips and trunking hole drilling  8)

my question is: in the workplace, can I connect flex and plug to appliance that has no flex or plug?
 
Recently had a Electric Shutter fitted from a reputable company, now he done a good job on the door but the way he ran the flex from the door to plug illustrates to me that he is no electrician.
The whoever asked him to do the job has committed a criminal offence.

Don't make your blunderings a second one.
 
Because he is a f**kwit.

If i was a f**kwit, I would of carried out the job by now and wouldn't of even posted here for advice, my posting of help and legalities only to be called a "f**kwit" by you.

Many many thanks :arrow:
 
But this is not my duty is it? As we already got the electrical certificate
You idiot.


That certificate is telling me that the socket is rated upto 26A.
There are 3 possible reasons for that:

1) You're lying.

2) You can't read properly.

3) Whoever "issued" that "certificate" is as big an idiot as you.


I'm not overloading the socket,
You almost certainly are.


so why is this a problem? Please explain,
Because you clearly have no idea what BS 1363 says.


I don't know how these are connected, all I know we run:
2 x 3kW in one room
2 x 3kW in one room
1 x 3kW in one room
1 x 3kW in one room
So you don't know how 18kW of heating is connected but you think it's OK to fiddle with it?

Idiot.


It would be real handy if I could be able (legally not uncapable) to replace the heaters when they die as they only last a few years...
You are not capable, and you are not able to replace them.


So In other words I am allowed to go to Argos and buy a 3kW heater with a plug already fitted, take it back and plug it in...
In a place of work? No, you are not.


But not allowed to fit my own flex and plug to a unit bought with no flex or plug??? - Please answer this question.
No, you are not allowed to do that either.
 
Recently had a Electric Shutter fitted from a reputable company, now he done a good job on the door but the way he ran the flex from the door to plug illustrates to me that he is no electrician.
The whoever asked him to do the job has committed a criminal offence.

Don't make your blunderings a second one.

I sweare the door has nothing to do with me, I'm just a employee.
 
I sweare the door has nothing to do with me, I'm just a employee.
I never suggested it was.

I was advising you not to let whoever it was who gave the job of fitting the door to someone incompetent repeat his offence by giving the job of fitting heater(s) to someone incompetent.


If i was a f**kwit, I would of carried out the job by now and wouldn't of even posted here for advice, my posting of help and legalities only to be called a "f**kwit" by you.
Good God, man - can you really not see that the fact that you have to ask for advice on a DIY forum means that you can't possibly be competent enough in the context of the EAWR to be doing electrical work?
 
My point is though HSE accept fitting of plug is in the grasp of most people, but you say it is illegal in the workplace bas
 
Good God, man - can you really not see that the fact that you have to ask for advice on a DIY forum means that you can't possibly be competent enough in the context of the EAWR to be doing electrical work?

Again - It's the 'Electrical Work' I am querying about.

What is so electrical technical about:
fitting flex and plug to appliance and switching it on.
 
They are not fixed appliances. And plugging them in does not go against the guidance in the Wiring Regulations.
 
I have to say that this has evolved into one of the most shameful threads that I can recall having seen in this forum.

We often get questions about details of how to do something which the poster is clearly not competant to do, and often from a poster who clearly does not understand (or care about) the legal and regulatory requirements. Such people often, and very reasonably, get advised that they should not be attempting the work - and that 'advice' unfortunately sometimes manifests itself in a rude and aggressive fashion on the part of some responodents, something which a lot of us regret.

However, in this thread, the poor OP came here specifically to ask, very responsibly and politely, what he is legally allowed to do in the workplace, and has asked supplementray questions about what he is allowed to do - and at no time has he suggested (quite the contrary, really) that he has any intention of undertaking work which he is told he is not 'allowed to do'. All totally reasonable and responsible - yet this has provoked some very rude and aggressive responses, which IMO were totally uncalled for, and totally unacceptable.

Kind Regards, John.
 

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