I am not aware of any such requirement, but otehrs might know more than I do.I know many smoke alarms are taken off the lighting circuit. On new installations or renovations where the BCO is involved, does the smoke alarm need its own mcb at the CU?
I would presume so, since section 1.19 of "Approved Document B" (guidance relating to 'Part B' of the Building regs) says exactly the same as you have quoted BS5839-6 as saying.So, having the smoke and heat alarms and lighting on the same RCBO is all within regs and BCO will be satisfied?
So, having the smoke and heat alarms and lighting on the same RCBO is all within regs and BCO will be satisfied?
I suspect that they would be more impressed by a reference to 1.19 of App Doc B, since they worship the Building Regs, not Bristish Standards!Well if they are not, tell them they are wrong and refer them to clause 15.4 above.
Indeed, but it gets a bit messy, which confuses some people:Yes, The Building regs are law while BS are recommendations.
Indeed - but, as I implied, it gets more complicated than that in terms of electrical wiring. Approved Doc P (which is the only document that what id actually required to satisfy the one-sentence bit of law) indicates that compliance with the Wiring Regulations (aka BS7671) is one way of satisfying Part P of the Building Regs, but that it is not the only way, so that, in law, complaince with BS7671 is not actually 'required'.Yes, BS is just recommendations and the Building regs are the law. If broken you can be in prison. Where confusion arises is where the building regs points to a BS, then that is law.
So anyone who does the work safely in the installation, that means safe when working, and the finished end product, can do it.In the case of electrical wiring, Part P of the Building Regs is just one sentence, which essentially requires work to be done safely. Approved Doc P is no better, in that it really talks only of the 'bureaucracy', not of anything electrical. It suggests, but does not attempt to 'require' (again, it couldn't), compliance with the Wiring Regs (BS7671).
In law, yes. The entirety of 'the law' (Part P of Building Regulations is:So anyone who does the work safely in the installation, that means safe when working, and the finished end product, can do it.
Reasonable provision shall be made in the design and installation of electrical installations in order to protect persons operating, maintaining or altering the system from fire or injury.
Indeed. However, since the law is so vague, one cannot blame organisations, or individuals, for trying to obtain some reassurance that people undertaking electrical work for them are competent so to do. Whether membership of one of the electrical trade organisations necessarily guarantees that is perhaps a matter for debate.Yet many organisations insist on an electrician who is a member of one of the electrical organisations do the work, or pass it off. This is not necessary by law.
Would you rather that (for example) local councils used taxpayers' money to obtain and verify the qualifications of people when deciding whether or not to accept the certificates they issue?Yet many organisations insist on an electrician who is a member of one of the electrical organisations do the work, or pass it off. This is not necessary by law.
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