Adding to an existing circuit is non-reportable (minor works). The 17th edition is a recommendation to follow and is not legally binding. However you do need to follow some standard (you could use a European one).
On 10/21/08, Stephen Rowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I don't understand, but as I see it Electricians and the IEE must be > great at lobbying the government to create this legally required money > making scheme :( > > I wish to run a spur in my house, I know what I'm doing where I want to > run it and I am sure that it is the only spur on that particular ring > circuit so there won't be any problems. > > However I am now legally obliged to ensure that work I carry out is > compliant with Part P of the building regs, which in turn requires that > all work is carried out to comply with British Standard 7671. > > Although I have DIY books describing how the work should be done, these > were published before Part P and although I am 99% certain they are > correct, the only way to be certain is to check the standard. > > However to check the standard I either have to buy it, £54 from amazon :(, > or find a copy somewhere I can reference (maybe my local Library? no luck > my nearest copy is reference only 15 miles away in the middle of > winchester, which isn't very helpful!) > > Of course this is supposedly to improve safety, but if I was the sort of > person that was going to do a shoddy installation and not care about the > impact, I would just ignore all this and wire the house up dangerously > anyway, the wiring would be behind walls and probably impossible to trace > back to and prove it was me that did the work anyway. > > So I'm stuck with 3 choices, all of which suck: > > 1) Do the work anyway and hope it is correct (not ideal, despite my > annoyance I do want to ensure the work I do is safe) > 2) Pay someone else to do it (who in my experience will end up doing a > worse job that if I did it myself) > 3) Spend large amounts of time / money finding out the right way to do it. > > Why on earth is there a requirement to do electrical work in my own house > that requires me to follow rules which are not freely available! I can't > believe there is a law which says: "you must not break the rules, but we > won't let you know what those rules are until you hand over money". > > Grrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Cheers, Rant over, I feel better now :) > > Steve > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
