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K Macnamara
Each installation is different in its own right. Best practice is to flag everything that you see. You don't have to code every thing you notice but if you note it in the report you cover your backside. If the client is aware of everything then it's down to them to act upon it. The next sparks who works on the installation could be fresh out of college and that bit of sleeving could make all the difference. How many ways can you control a lighting circuit???? Ever opened a multi gang switch and there are a box full of brown singles what then???? If the installation is simple and it's just a case of the blue not being sleeved you may shrug your shoulders and tut and not be too fussed. However, if the installation is in old colours (red and black) and additions and alterations have been made using new colours, would it not make sense to sleeve the black on the 3 core in the new colours to ensure it's not mistaken as a neutral? And there's Red Yellow and blue in the old 3 core and so on.
If you ever have an annual inspection with the NICEIC (or the like) and that job where you didn't flag it is the one they pick to look at, you can bet your life they will.
I have lost count the amount of times I have been called upon to sort out a problem that someone who has no idea thought it was easy and they could do it themselves. We make it look easy because we have invested vast amounts of time and money so make it count.
We can all pick faults in others work that's easy but I love seeing a good installation. I used to take it to heart when a builder dropped me for a different sparks because they were cheaper. Then they began phoning me to sort out the problems.
There's nothing wrong about setting your standards high. Its a reason why I charge as much as I do.
Electrics does exactly what it says on the tin. Gives you a shock!!!! And when you get a belt you begin to respect it again.
Now that is probably the longest amount of time I have spent at the pc without looking at......
If you ever have an annual inspection with the NICEIC (or the like) and that job where you didn't flag it is the one they pick to look at, you can bet your life they will.
I have lost count the amount of times I have been called upon to sort out a problem that someone who has no idea thought it was easy and they could do it themselves. We make it look easy because we have invested vast amounts of time and money so make it count.
We can all pick faults in others work that's easy but I love seeing a good installation. I used to take it to heart when a builder dropped me for a different sparks because they were cheaper. Then they began phoning me to sort out the problems.
There's nothing wrong about setting your standards high. Its a reason why I charge as much as I do.
Electrics does exactly what it says on the tin. Gives you a shock!!!! And when you get a belt you begin to respect it again.
Now that is probably the longest amount of time I have spent at the pc without looking at......