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dgrs
Dear All,
I have completed the OLCI Domestic Electrical Installers course so have some knowledge but very little practical experience. I have not yet applied to join a competent persons scheme but the below could be suitable I think.
I would like to have my meter moved but a friend of mine relayed his experience of this. He had a DB from the early 90s which had no RCD protection on it and as it wasn't fully compliant the workmen who came out to move the meter weren't prepared to do the work until the DB had been updated.
How this affects me is the new meter position means that I will have to move the DB and the cables for each of the circuits will be a few meters short. I'm wondering, would it be compliant for me to design a DB for my system, mount it in its new place, actually connect wires but these would be blanks i.e. not connected to anything but fixed in their final positions. Then, when I have confirmation of the man coming out to move the meter, having labelled and located where I want to T into the old circuits, I would simply connect the old circuits to the new circuits. For speed and ease, I am planning on using wago connectors and Line in enclosures so this part of the job would be very quick indeed.
I welcome comments on any of the above. The existing wiring in my house is of the correct csa and looks less than 10 years old so I am happy with its integrity although I would of course run the necessary tests to check this is the case.
Thanks in advance,
Dgrs
I have completed the OLCI Domestic Electrical Installers course so have some knowledge but very little practical experience. I have not yet applied to join a competent persons scheme but the below could be suitable I think.
I would like to have my meter moved but a friend of mine relayed his experience of this. He had a DB from the early 90s which had no RCD protection on it and as it wasn't fully compliant the workmen who came out to move the meter weren't prepared to do the work until the DB had been updated.
How this affects me is the new meter position means that I will have to move the DB and the cables for each of the circuits will be a few meters short. I'm wondering, would it be compliant for me to design a DB for my system, mount it in its new place, actually connect wires but these would be blanks i.e. not connected to anything but fixed in their final positions. Then, when I have confirmation of the man coming out to move the meter, having labelled and located where I want to T into the old circuits, I would simply connect the old circuits to the new circuits. For speed and ease, I am planning on using wago connectors and Line in enclosures so this part of the job would be very quick indeed.
I welcome comments on any of the above. The existing wiring in my house is of the correct csa and looks less than 10 years old so I am happy with its integrity although I would of course run the necessary tests to check this is the case.
Thanks in advance,
Dgrs