Electrician Jobs Advice on faults and Ideas for fixes

[Charlie_]

Crimping solid wires

https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2 books/links/sections/201 General Requirements.html

Just don’t tell nasa

 

[Pete999]

You could also make the joint off behind the new larger skirting board

Correct, but don't like it Seems a bit Cowboyish to me, but I'm old School so take no notice.

 

[Charlie_]

Correct, but don't like it Seems a bit Cowboyish to me, but I'm old School so take no notice.

I just meant as an alternative to burying the joint in the plaster

 

[Tony Reidy]

Any idea why the blender has tripped my downstairs breaker? Annoyingly when the extension was built they took the lounge feed and extended it round the kitchen but never bought it back to the CU (Concrete floors maybe put them off) So when the CU was upgraded this year a different sparks could only throw in a 16amp fuse as opposed to a 32amp. Could it simply just be a matter of to much on the circuit when the blender is running with it's 1560w motor?

Oh dear that is a bad news your kitchen needs a ring main 32A preferably on it own circuit suggest you get a proper sparks in to see how little damage he can do to rectify this

 

[SparkyAndGeorge]

whats tripping when you turn the blender on the mcb or an rcd

 

[Pete999]

I just meant as an alternative to burying the joint in the plaster

Right

 

[GeorgeCooke]

Yup there part p registered,

Rubbish. If they are claiming that they are liars. There is no such thing as part P registered. Part P is a building regulation not a qualification. Try asking for their registration certificate to call their bluff.

 

[Charlie_]

Rubbish. If they are claiming that they are liars. There is no such thing as part P registered. Part P is a building regulation not a qualification. Try asking for their registration certificate to call their bluff.

If somebody is on a register of competent part p electricians then aren’t they part p registered?

 

[GeorgeCooke]

If somebody is on a register of competent part p electricians then aren’t they part p registered?

No such thing as "part P electricians". Part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

 

[Charlie_]

No such thing as "part P electricians". Part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

I’m an approved part p electrician and and also registered as such..

 

[Beefy]

Well i'm confused.

@ sparkyAndGeorge - (Great name by the way! - It's the MCB at the CU that governs my downstairs sockets (16amper apparantly as the ring was never extended back to the CU.

 

[SparkyAndGeorge]

Perhaps you could tell us what advice you need now? The socket would be easy enough to reposition, the lights needs further investigation by somebody on site we can only speculate from here. Does the blender trip the mcb on another circuit or just that one?

 

[Pete999]

No such thing as "part P electricians". Part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

What's to dislike? it's correct

 

[Beefy]

I havn't checked it to be honest. I'll give it a go on another circuit and find out. Can the lighting faults be isolated via testing aparatus? I take it most sparks would have the tools to do this in the van. Trying to understand the process of how one narrows down where it occurs so i know what to expect in terms of work and time for any further spend. If the problem is existing and has been amplified by the addition of my new switches and sockets then i'm assuming this troubleshooting would be deemed additional works for quoting? What do you think?

 

[Octopus]

What do I think ...

Address your issues in writing to your spark .....

 

[GeorgeCooke]

I’m an approved part p electrician and and also registered as such..

As I keep saying part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

Perhaps you would show us a copy of this qualification that you claim to have!

All electrical work must be carried out in accordance to part P of the building regulations. But there is no part P qualification as such.

 

[Charlie_]

Rubbish. If they are claiming that they are liars. There is no such thing as part P registered. Part P is a building regulation not a qualification. Try asking for their registration certificate to call their bluff.

As I keep saying part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

Perhaps you would show us a copy of this qualification that you claim to have!

All electrical work must be carried out in accordance to part P of the building regulations. But there is no part P qualification as such.

I am part p registered not qualified..
I suggest you get your terminology right before you start calling people liars..
What is it you mean?
Part P Qualified or registered??

I am not claiming to be part p qualified, I said I am part p approved/registered..
Please read and understand what I have written before you twist it into something else

 

[Charlie_]

As I keep saying part P is a building regulation not a qualification.

Perhaps you would show us a copy of this qualification that you claim to have!

All electrical work must be carried out in accordance to part P of the building regulations. But there is no part P qualification as such.

Not all electrical works !

 

[davesparks]

I am part p registered not qualified..
I suggest you get your terminology right before you start calling people liars..
What is it you mean?
Part P Qualified or registered??

I am not claiming to be part p qualified, I said I am part p approved/registered..
Please read and understand what I have written before you twist it into something else

The point he is trying to make is that you are registered with a CPS (competent person scheme) to satisfy the requirements of approved document P of the building regulations.

 

[Charlie_]

The point he is trying to make is that you are registered with a CPS (competent person scheme) to satisfy the requirements of approved document P of the building regulations.

His point was that anybody claiming to be part p approved/registered is a liar.
I am on a government register of approved part p electricians.