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To enable electrical contractors who carry out notifiable electrical work on a regular basis to prove their competence and cut down on the hassle and expense of getting the BCO involved. I can't speak for others, but if someone who I gave advice to was to ask me privately to provide them...

Yes, but you must remember that junction boxes must be kept accessible for inspection and testing. This does not include under floorboards, behind walls or anywhere else that would require some form of demolition to get at. It is also vital that all conductors are appropriately identified by...

My point is that 230v isn't going to jump out of the wall socket and bitch slap you as you would like people to believe. It isn't the case that people require 3 years of on-site experience before they are capable of matching the colours to the letters and tightening up some screws in order to...

For someone who supposedly has numerous electrical qualifications you seem to have an extremely warped perception of the dangers posed by electricity. It's not going to sneak up on you and give you a push into a bundle of live, and conveniently stripped cables that it laid there earlier. We...

I dont think there is a person here who doesn't understand what you are trying to say, the problem is that none of us agree with you. There are hundred of thousands of forums, from everything from healthcare, to tax issues, to DIY. If I ask an unknown person on an accountants forum and they...

Because it doesn't become our responsibility when we offer advice. It's quite simple, you either take it or leave it and that is the choice of the person seeking the advice. If they do not feel they are capable of carrying out the job as advised, then they should leave it alone, and if they are...

Correct, a single or double socket can only feed one unfused spur, so the FCU is the first spur and anything connected to it on the input/supply side is another spur, hence 2 spurs from one double socket which isn't allowed. If the 2nd spur is fed from the output/load side of the FCU then...

It's not one thing that kills you, its really a combination of three things. You 'need' sufficient current to flow through the heart for it to stop (I can't remember how much exactly but its very low, the more current the more likely your heart will stop). For sufficient current to flow you need...

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If you are having the work done by a professional then leave it to them to source the materials as they will often have a preferred manufacturer and they can often get things cheaper than you can. They will also often offer an extended warranty. As of the 17th edition all concealed cables...

The blue wire is neutral... The green/yellow wire is earth and the brown wire is phase. If that was a simple mistake then no problem, but if you don't even know the difference between earth and neutral then I would seriously suggest that you contact a qualified electrician. When you say you...

Well this is the electrics forum so you might want to contact a mod to get them to move it over to the plumbing forum where you will surely get more advice. Sorry, I can't answer your question because I'm not a plumber.

Are you asking from a plumbing perspective or regarding main equipotential and/or supplementary bonding???

Spot on, but theres only two E's in the Institute of Electrical Engineers :P :lol: Section 701 of BS7671:2008 contains the regulations that apply purely to bathrooms, and includes things such as the zones and the equipment that may be installed within them, that isn't to say that the rest of...

A cheaper option is not to use 10 of them :wink: Then buy a downlighter from this range: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lighting_Downlights_Index/Downlights_Energy_Saving/index.html They use about 1/5th of the power and the lamps last about 7 times longer than...

They are both the same, the only difference is in the amount of current used and therefore the size of cable required... 50 watts is 50 watts regardless of what voltage it takes... 50W / 230V = 0.22A 50W / 12V = 4.17A 4.17A x 12V = 50W 0.21A x 230V = 50W As you can see 12v lamps...

:? You have just contradicted your own argument there... Regardless of sites like these there will always be people who can not, for one reason or another, obtain the services of a qualified tradesperson and these people will not go without. The fact that people come on here and seek advice...

There are 5 self-certification bodies, NAPIT, NICEIC, ELECSA, BRE and BSI. The all have roughly the same entry requirements but there are some subtle differences between them. NICEIC and NAPIT (and possibly others, i'm not sure) have their own courses besides the C&Q, NAPIT seem to offer far...

If the persons carrying out 1st/2nd fix are competent, designated persons within a company that is registered to self certify then that is a different situation entirely. Here I am talking about a DIY'er doing electrical work... The only way for him to be compliant is to notify the BCO before he...

:roll: You are missing the point entirely. Of course you need to be qualified to be a member of one of the self-certification schemes but being qualified enough to be accepted by a scheme means nothing if you are not the person carrying out the work. Being in a self-cert scheme allows you to...