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Someone who works for a company but will do private jobs of a evening or weekend
To be fair, other than for the 'mistake' (and hands up who has never made one!), I've actually seen far worse done by well-established/'experienced' electricians doing their day job!Thanks, I hope he does a better standard of job form 9-5 mon to fri ? May be he relaxes in the evenings and weekends ? But seriously ,he needs his R's kicked ,is he an apprentice ?
Thanks - saved me from typing the same thing.Well, I would point to 610.1:
Every installation shall, during erection and on completion before being put into service, be inspected and tested to verify, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the requirements of the regulations have been met.
It just gets worse, doesn't it.I paid an electrician to wire it in. He did it as a foreigner so he won't be able to come back until the weekend.
To be fair, other than for the 'mistake' (and hands up who has never made one!), I've actually seen far worse done by well-established/'experienced' electricians doing their day job!
If you look at the context, you will see that I was referring to the visually-assessable quality of work illustrated in the photo of the CU, in the context of a suggestion that it may have been done by an apprentice. As I said, I've seen far worse done by"well-established and experienced" electricians.I being the person responsible for ... :
I did not ask what the regs require but, rather, whether it was common for electricians to undertake functional tests on every final circuit.
I do - for the majority it's just a matter of turning lights on, or the immersion heater / cooker / shower / whatever else is attached to the circuit.whether it was common for electricians to undertake functional tests on every final circuit.
You're quite probably right. However, all we know for certain is that the electrician (presumably!) didn't try switching on the oven or hob - for all we know (for sure) at the moment, he may have done all of the other normal/standard "I&T".I don't know why you won't accept 610.1. It's all about carrying out I&T and it is plain that has not happened.
Thanks - that partially answers my question - but would you say that those "few things" would usually (or always!) include an oven or hob?However, I think most sparks would go round and check circuits were working by switching a few things on.
Fair enough. Thanks. Do you think that most electricians do the same?I do - for the majority it's just a matter of turning lights on, or the immersion heater / cooker / shower / whatever else is attached to the circuit.
No it isn't.
Green - line and neutral of the same circuit connected to different RCDs.
Yellow - total lack of cable grommets/glands resulting in damage from the sharp metal edges
Pink - cables entering via the top surface, which given the state of the other entries will have no grommets and won't be sealed either.
Generally a very poor effort.
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Not remove it in the first place if possible.how would a domestic electrician correctly deal with that large rectangular cutout
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