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Could come back to haunt you as the one putting the circuit in! As it sounds like your not really keen to do the work, why not just tell your mate that he should go the way of a qualified electrician...The circuit wont be notified under Part P, the installation wont be tested either.
I did consider cutting the outer armour away, and leaving the outer black cover in place, unit it reached the consumer unit through the trunking. This leaves it doubly insulated via the black stuff, and the outer cable covering.
The circuit wont be notified under Part P, the installation wont be tested either.
I did consider cutting the outer armour away, and leaving the outer black cover in place, unit it reached the consumer unit through the trunking. This leaves it doubly insulated via the black stuff, and the outer cable covering.
You were right to give it up.in a former life i was an electrician.
If it hasn't been tested, there is no way to know if it is safe.c) Installing a installation, that is safe, untested (professionally) but with the advice from you lot.
So no idea if it is safe to use, no idea what it's capacity is, no idea what its loop resistance is, no idea what it's IR value is and no idea if it runs in safe zones or not.A 10mm T&E cable sticking ot of the wall outside, with no idea where it runs or how it is covered,
So get a metal one, or a metal box to mount adjacent to the CU.Terminate the 10mm end in a IP65 box, then the other end ideally into a metal clad unit, but we dont have one of these. Instead its a Plastic 4 way 63a 30mA rcd unit.
Doesn't matter how you terminate it, or whether you do a good job or not, it still comes within the scope of Part P, which applies (as do all of the Building Regulations) to any work whatsoever on fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer’s side of the electricity supply meter which operate at low or extra-low voltage and are—I think the best way to terminate this has been discussed above, but also you have continually informed me that this runs within Part P, and should be notified to building control etc.
Not your problem. But you could always report his lawbreaking to the authorities.Well, the house is a council house, I shall tell him that he needs to inform them, and to have it tested. But as this chap is more likely to simply run an extension lead through the kitchen window, something is better than nothing.
Tell the council.When the coucil upgraded the consumer unit to a split load board, they chopped the plug off the lead, but he has simply put another plug on the end.
d) Doing what you know is a poor quality, illegal and possibly dangerous job.So, what is worse.?
a) Leaving it as it is now
b) Himself attempting this installation
c) Installing a installation, that is safe, untested (professionally) but with the advice from you lot.
Tell them to **** off.In short, ive been requested to attempt this, in a former life i was an electrician, and the person who asked me to do it is aware that i cannot do the work anymore, but still they ask.
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