Older Wylex fuses

[ban-all-sheds]

Part P is a part of the Building Regulations.

There is no such thing as a "Part P qualification", or a "Part P qualified electrician", any more than there is such a thing as a "Part A qualified builder".


If he's not registered he can't self-certify compliance with the Building Regs, and if he's working as a maintenance electrician in a hospital there will be no job related need for him to become registered, unless he works in any nurses' accommodation.


And if he's not fully qualified, as in he's not passed all of his exams yet, the council may not accept the validity of any EIC he issues.

 

[TOMPARKER44]

He can't and won't be issuing any certificates but is having and almost finished all of his exams.

Thank you for all of your advice

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

whats wrong with the push button ones? most wholesalers (and even screwfix) sell them, but they are about £10 a pop

What about the requirement of RCD protection for the bathroom?

not sure what you mean, changing the push button for a switch style mcb won't change the fact there is no RCD protection, I was merely asking why the OP wished to change form push button MCBs to the newer style MCB, when both do the same job.

As I understood it the OP was considering buying a new MCB/Fuse as they thought that the spare 15A one they had in place would not be able to deal with the demands of the circuit, they also stated that RCD protection was wanted. But as the op is installing new electrics within the bath room it is also a requirement.
So my suggestion of installing in-line RCD/FCU spur satisfies the use of the existing MCB/Fuse. So they don't need another one.

 

[ebee]

you could do this on a radial circuit but not on a ring though.

It could be done on a ring.

Yes it could be done on spurs from the ring - one for each spur.

What I meant to explain was that you could not just break in and extend ring length with new cable and points being protected using an RCD (or two RCDs) solely for the new portion whereas with a radial you could do that without RCDing the whole of the circuit.

I will plead guilty to trying to keep my answer simple because there are exceptions though such as a "lollipop circuit" and a "butterfly circuit" just in the same way there can be exceptions to some RCDing of circuits/points.