Re: New Regs to kill DIY HA?

["David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Stuart Grimshaw <stuart.grimshaw@g...>
wrote:
> With the new regulations coming into force that requires all
> non-trivial electrical work to be certified by a
> qualified electrician,

This is a situation familiar to those in other parts of the world,
including here in NZ.  Before long, the UK government should publish
some specific info aimed at DIYers.

Heres ours, first, the useless web page

http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/mediacentre/wor
dofadvice/2004/ECP5051.html

Then the glossy brochure:

http://www.ess.govt.nz/safety/pdf/brochure.pdf.

and finally, the Code or Practice, the rules...

http://www.ess.govt.nz/rules/pdf/ecp51v18.pdf.


So when the nice man installed our heat pump, we got a cert for the
electrical work.

The good news for me is that our next door neighbour has done all his
own wiring and knows a sparky who will check, test and certify
homeowners own work.  This is apparently not very unusual.  I'm sure
in the UK that sparkies will soon be doing the same thing.

I dont see that an X10 or CBus installation is any harder to check
than a conventional install, assuming, of course, you have a single
line diagram that the sparkie can verify against...  The sparky's job
is not necessarily to understand the nuances of an installation,
merely confirm that it conforms to regulations and is safe.