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Had a job to do go that should of been simple. Replace two broken sockets, change a single socket to a double and change two duff downlight transformers.
The home owners had had a conservatory added about 5 years ago. One of the sockets to change was in the old house, it was on the ring but the line was broken. The other socket was in the new conservatory. All the sockets in the conservatory had no earth. What the F. Amazingly, what had happened was that someone had extended the ring into the conservatory from a socket in the original house. They had extended the line and neutral but had messed up with the CPC. They connected the CPC such that the original house CPC ring was in tact and the conservatory had its own CPC ring but not connected back to the CU. An easy fix once found
As for the broken ring on the line, I narrowed it down to a cable between two sockets. So after agreeing with the lady of the house, this cable was disconnected and i swapped the MCB from a 32A to a 16A (couldnt use a 20A as the Zs was too high). So i filled out a minor work cert, job done or so i thought. Question 1- is this notifiable?
I then received a phone call from the lady of house telling me a socket doesnt work. So i go round there and the man of the house shows me this socket that is hidden (the lady of the house didnt know it was there). To get to it you have to take some drawers out. I did ask the lady of the house several times if there were anymore sockets when doing my tests to find the lack of earth and the break on the ring. The owners are lovely people and are quite happy to pay me to fix this problem in additional to my original bill. Now if the broken ring is not to do with fixed wiring but due to a loose connection in this socket (which is loose on the wall) then i can re instate the ring, put the 32A MCB back.
If this is the case should i issue my original minor works cert and then issue another for the now upgrade to 32A mcb or should i scrap the first and just issue a minor work cert for replacing the 2 broken sockets
The home owners had had a conservatory added about 5 years ago. One of the sockets to change was in the old house, it was on the ring but the line was broken. The other socket was in the new conservatory. All the sockets in the conservatory had no earth. What the F. Amazingly, what had happened was that someone had extended the ring into the conservatory from a socket in the original house. They had extended the line and neutral but had messed up with the CPC. They connected the CPC such that the original house CPC ring was in tact and the conservatory had its own CPC ring but not connected back to the CU. An easy fix once found
As for the broken ring on the line, I narrowed it down to a cable between two sockets. So after agreeing with the lady of the house, this cable was disconnected and i swapped the MCB from a 32A to a 16A (couldnt use a 20A as the Zs was too high). So i filled out a minor work cert, job done or so i thought. Question 1- is this notifiable?
I then received a phone call from the lady of house telling me a socket doesnt work. So i go round there and the man of the house shows me this socket that is hidden (the lady of the house didnt know it was there). To get to it you have to take some drawers out. I did ask the lady of the house several times if there were anymore sockets when doing my tests to find the lack of earth and the break on the ring. The owners are lovely people and are quite happy to pay me to fix this problem in additional to my original bill. Now if the broken ring is not to do with fixed wiring but due to a loose connection in this socket (which is loose on the wall) then i can re instate the ring, put the 32A MCB back.
If this is the case should i issue my original minor works cert and then issue another for the now upgrade to 32A mcb or should i scrap the first and just issue a minor work cert for replacing the 2 broken sockets
