Hello,
I have just bought a place which needs everything doing to it. I gave it a clean and then set about rewiring the place. I am an electrician but more industrial than domestic and don't have my part P as I work for a large firm and don't need it on a day to day basis as Im covered by their NICEIC status and don't do private work.
The original plan was to rewire it and then ask someone who is part P to sign it off. From looking on the net this now seems to be harder than I first thought. I have almost completed the first fix and am thinking of phoning the local authority next week and holding my hands up and telling them what stage I'm up to. Has anyone got an experience of this?
My other question is can you wire singles in oval conduit? When I was younger doing rewires we always used T+E in the old tube and then went into an oval tube were needed. In this place due to the way it has been tubed out an the structure of the building I have used singles but in some places were I want the socket in a different place I have had to put singles in oval conduit. I have looked in many places but can't find anywhere were it says you cant. The cct in oval is in the protective zone and is RCD protected its just not a continued join from the old tube to the new and would be hard to pull in new cables next time it needs rewiring without chopping out a bit of plaster here and there.
Thanks in advance for your views.
I have just bought a place which needs everything doing to it. I gave it a clean and then set about rewiring the place. I am an electrician but more industrial than domestic and don't have my part P as I work for a large firm and don't need it on a day to day basis as Im covered by their NICEIC status and don't do private work.
The original plan was to rewire it and then ask someone who is part P to sign it off. From looking on the net this now seems to be harder than I first thought. I have almost completed the first fix and am thinking of phoning the local authority next week and holding my hands up and telling them what stage I'm up to. Has anyone got an experience of this?
My other question is can you wire singles in oval conduit? When I was younger doing rewires we always used T+E in the old tube and then went into an oval tube were needed. In this place due to the way it has been tubed out an the structure of the building I have used singles but in some places were I want the socket in a different place I have had to put singles in oval conduit. I have looked in many places but can't find anywhere were it says you cant. The cct in oval is in the protective zone and is RCD protected its just not a continued join from the old tube to the new and would be hard to pull in new cables next time it needs rewiring without chopping out a bit of plaster here and there.
Thanks in advance for your views.