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A up peoples, first post so here goes.
Let you know who I am first, left school 18 years ago and signed up as an apprentice site sparky, employers went bust after 3 years and I was placed at a much larger company which also had a vacancy for an apprentice engineer on much wonga, binned the sparky kit and got some spanners. Always dabbled with sparky stuff for friends n family but never did major stuff (rewires/cu's) and since sPlat P has been introduced less n less I am allowed to do. I am a full time fire bobby and have a few days to allow legal moonlighting to subsidise my diminishing pension pot. So, much to my demise I decided to take the cowgirl route and do the 6 week course (so in total 3years 6weeks). Bah eck the 2391 written was a twitcher
Anyway 2 questions
1. I lived in a fire house and rent mine out which is vacant until next week. Have already applied for Elecsa but no assessment til january Can anybody tell me if there is any legal reason why I cannot do a PIR/ECR (obviously I would have to make my own set of relevant test/inspection sheets). I am aware ELECSA do an ECR registration at £240ish above normal registration but also state on the normal registration form that you are permitted to do PIR/ECR's the mind boggles!!!!
2. I now live in a 2 bed bungalow (gave up the fire house but kept the rental one) and will be adding a kitchen, lounge, utility, bedroom and ensuite to the rear of the bungalow and YEP the meter n CU are at the front. There will be 4 new circuits to include a beefy 12kw induction hob , kitchen n ensuite lights, lounge n bedroom ring, kitchen ring. 25metersish from present CU to middle of extension and more bends in the run than a champion bob-sleigh track!!! Option1 2nd CU from isolator at meter OR Option2 send all cables down the bob-sleigh route
ps the bobsleigh route is through the garage and through the bungalow crawl space so whopper cables aren't an issue, although the 60amp cut out is!!!!
pss don't know why she wants the hob, she cant cook!! eerrrr please don't include original message in any replies
Sorry for monster post
All advice n banter welcome
Let you know who I am first, left school 18 years ago and signed up as an apprentice site sparky, employers went bust after 3 years and I was placed at a much larger company which also had a vacancy for an apprentice engineer on much wonga, binned the sparky kit and got some spanners. Always dabbled with sparky stuff for friends n family but never did major stuff (rewires/cu's) and since sPlat P has been introduced less n less I am allowed to do. I am a full time fire bobby and have a few days to allow legal moonlighting to subsidise my diminishing pension pot. So, much to my demise I decided to take the cowgirl route and do the 6 week course (so in total 3years 6weeks). Bah eck the 2391 written was a twitcher
Anyway 2 questions
1. I lived in a fire house and rent mine out which is vacant until next week. Have already applied for Elecsa but no assessment til january Can anybody tell me if there is any legal reason why I cannot do a PIR/ECR (obviously I would have to make my own set of relevant test/inspection sheets). I am aware ELECSA do an ECR registration at £240ish above normal registration but also state on the normal registration form that you are permitted to do PIR/ECR's the mind boggles!!!!
2. I now live in a 2 bed bungalow (gave up the fire house but kept the rental one) and will be adding a kitchen, lounge, utility, bedroom and ensuite to the rear of the bungalow and YEP the meter n CU are at the front. There will be 4 new circuits to include a beefy 12kw induction hob , kitchen n ensuite lights, lounge n bedroom ring, kitchen ring. 25metersish from present CU to middle of extension and more bends in the run than a champion bob-sleigh track!!! Option1 2nd CU from isolator at meter OR Option2 send all cables down the bob-sleigh route
ps the bobsleigh route is through the garage and through the bungalow crawl space so whopper cables aren't an issue, although the 60amp cut out is!!!!
pss don't know why she wants the hob, she cant cook!! eerrrr please don't include original message in any replies
Sorry for monster post
All advice n banter welcome