Not sure what is unlaw full.
dirty tricks
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he working inside the consumer unit
sshhh just rember to bend right this time a 90 not a 45
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Not illegal at all, in itself. Of course, if the unnecessary replacement of the RCD had been for real and not just a set-up for the show, then it would constitute fraud.
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Going on what I have seen of the video, which is around the 29-32 min. I have not seen him do anything illegal. There is no law preventing him from testing the RCD. Providing he does not make the installation unsafe.
no worries, just wondering they broke gas safty regs earlyier in the show.
he fixs gas leak and etheir does a tightness test or does something worse
just turns the gas on. I reality what they should done is turn gas off and ring trasco
he fixs gas leak and etheir does a tightness test or does something worse
just turns the gas on. I reality what they should done is turn gas off and ring trasco
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sshhh just rember to bend right this time a 90 not a 45
Righto!
sshhh just rember to bend right this time a 90 not a 45
Righto!
wow know that was a ditry trick mate
Indeed not - in fact Part P is not an approved document and does not refer to one.
Part P is not about compliance - it does not describe anything to do with compliance - it is a requirement.
But in saying you don't need one you accept the notion that one exists - don't you see that?
That link did not disprove it - that link was to a site which is wrong.
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You don't actually have any grasp of what that programme is about, or what they do in it, do you?
well they try and show how trades men could rip you off
but the way they do it is like blanket bad publicity for all of us
but the way they do it is like blanket bad publicity for all of us
They fake it - there wasn't a real gas leak, so how could they have broken any gas regulations?
Yes, but ...
Fitting a consumer unit is notifiable work. Someone who is member of an appropriate registered persons scheme can do the work and self certify the work, meaning you don't have to notify LABC (Local Authority Building Control).
You can do notifiable work yourself, but you must notify LABC in advance and pay their fees. Round my way (SLDC), they get round them not being able to charge you for inspections by the cunning trick of having two prices. If you can provide the right test results then their fee for minor electrical works is £150
, if you can't (ie they have to get someone in to do it) then they charge £225 (ie an extra £75). In practice, it's going to be cheaper to get a qualified (and registered) spark in to do the work than to go the BC route. Find the right spark, and persuade him of your abilities, and you should be able to manage an equitable division of labour - ie you doing the grunt work of chasing out walls etc, and him doing the technical stuff.As already pointed out, just because it's inside a consumer unit doesn't automatically make it notifiable work. Replacing fittings is expressly allowed, as is replacing single cables and protective devices. So it's perfectly legal to replace (eg) a failed RCD with another of the same characteristics.
The fact that the RCD in the program hadn't failed is a different matter altogether.
For what you are expressly allowed to do, the bible is Schedule 4 of the Building Regs - there's quite a lot you can do.
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There's nothing which specifically restricts the replacement to being one of the same characteristics even. The cable replacement exemption is also for replacing a cable "for a single circuit," however one wishes to interpret that. These and similar points were debated in this thread recently:
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=286025
True, but (without going and looking it up again), there's mention in places along the lines of "as long as protective measures aren't affected". If you fitted an RCD of different characteristics, then there's a question as to whether the protective measures are affected (not adversely IMO if it's faster/more sensitive) - so if you don't have the knowledge/skills to do the assessment then it's simpler to stick to like-for-like even if a strict interpretation doesn't require it. But since it's not easy (as in someone who doesn't know what they are doing is unlikely to find one by accident) to find anything but a 30mA/30ms RCD then it's a fairly moot point.
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