Hi folks.
Bro needs to have his CU moved (and replaced as it's an oldie) by around a metre as he's having a wall section taken down where the current sunken CU is installed. He's had a couple of sparkies out to quote and one says he'd need to test all the circuits before he reconnects them to the new CU, so suggested he have this testing done beforehand as it would highlight any issues that would need extra work before he moves the CU.
The other sparkie says that certification ain't needed for a CU replacement; if the circuits are currently working ok, it'll make no difference when they're moved to the new CU - in fact the new CU should, if anything, add an extra level of protection.
Needless to say, bro is liking the sound of the second sparkie since the first guy quoted nearly £400 just for the testing (this is a one bedroom flat with only 4 MCBs), so this almost doubled the whole cost.
What's the correct situation regarding certification?
Another job bro wants doing is to have his old R80 ceiling lights replaced with LED equivalents and, to give the 2nd sparkie (no CU cert guy) some credibility, he pointed out that one ceiling light in the bathroom was too close to the bath/shower and if my bro wanted this replaced with an IP unit (as he should), he would provide certification for this. Ie - he's not avoiding certification, only carrying it out where it's technically required.
Thoughts, please? Thanks.
Bro needs to have his CU moved (and replaced as it's an oldie) by around a metre as he's having a wall section taken down where the current sunken CU is installed. He's had a couple of sparkies out to quote and one says he'd need to test all the circuits before he reconnects them to the new CU, so suggested he have this testing done beforehand as it would highlight any issues that would need extra work before he moves the CU.
The other sparkie says that certification ain't needed for a CU replacement; if the circuits are currently working ok, it'll make no difference when they're moved to the new CU - in fact the new CU should, if anything, add an extra level of protection.
Needless to say, bro is liking the sound of the second sparkie since the first guy quoted nearly £400 just for the testing (this is a one bedroom flat with only 4 MCBs), so this almost doubled the whole cost.
What's the correct situation regarding certification?
Another job bro wants doing is to have his old R80 ceiling lights replaced with LED equivalents and, to give the 2nd sparkie (no CU cert guy) some credibility, he pointed out that one ceiling light in the bathroom was too close to the bath/shower and if my bro wanted this replaced with an IP unit (as he should), he would provide certification for this. Ie - he's not avoiding certification, only carrying it out where it's technically required.
Thoughts, please? Thanks.