Re[4]: New Regs to kill DIY HA?

["Pete Shew" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Really my concern is what I'm still going to be allowed to do without the
hassle and expense of getting certification.

I currently have no paperwork certifying the electical installation in the
house or outside it. It was rewired before I bought it and there are still
some minor faults (e.g. round pin light sockets not working) - can I fix
these?. I have added some centre ceiling lights, and armoured cable to
garden lighting, greenhouses and (unoccupied ) shed.

My kitchen question relates to the fact that I need to install a power
point in the same "room" but at a distance of several metres from
any kitchen like fittings or appliances.It seems that in fully open plan
houses, the interpretation could go either way - the whole house is a
kitchen or only that area which was used as a kitchen. What about a kitchen
without doors, where does that stop?

On the garden lighting I have several IP65 boxes in a daisy chain of
multicore armoured cable. This is run back to an RDC spur unit via 15A
"light" switches. Can I a) extend the armoured cable run or b)
alter the connections of lights into the IP65 boxes - these currently
include low voltage rock lights and 160W flood lights.

I have also not quite finished putting lights and power points into the
barn/shed/workshop, can I add these to that RCD protected spur?

Or am I going to have a busy time in the next two weeks?

Pete

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On 21/12/2004 at 08:33 Kenneth Watt wrote:

>>  (except in a kitchen or bathroom, or outdoors) is the wording
used in
>all
>> the descriptions of part P I've ever seen. I still don't know what
a
>> kitchen is. I don't even know what outdoors is - is my detached
barn
>> outdoors - it has a door after all.
>
>Pete,
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>My understanding of it was that any domestic supply has to be certified
by
>a
>person deemed competent to inspect to the set standards. Until recently
I
>understood this was only affect from the faceplate back, so any plug
point,
>spur or switch back to the fuse panel in whatever form. However it
would
>now
>appear that there some "grey" areas.
>
>If you are inhabiting the building as a domestic dwelling then it will
fall
>under the jurisdiction of Part P, end of story. If your kitchen has
>electricity in it then it will fall under the remit of Part P, open
plan or
>not. Part P is not about where or the layout of the property, other
rules
>apply there, Part P is about ensuring that the actual wiring of the
house
>meets the required standards and is verified as such.
>
>K.
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