DIY Electrical work

I'd guess my house was wired by professional electricians when it was built.
It was probably inspected by professional building inspectors too.

I have full confidence that a bunch of ****** up gippos with a sack full of salvaged wiring could have done a better job.

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No need to insult me, the roll eyes are there because I find it strange how someone will buy a house without at least knocking on a few walls of having a proper good look around. A basic surveyors report should pick up the tip of the iceberg as it where.

After all buying a house is probably the biggest investment some one would ever make. :o
 
dmpoole said:
His shoddy wiring in the kitchen went underneath a tap.
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:confused: Nothing wrong with a wire going by a tap as long as it isn't terminated to a fitting near the sink it should be fine.

dmpoole said:
The earth wire all around the house was live.
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Rubbish- if there was a permenant leakage to earth then the fuse/MCB would have blown/tripped ages ago ;)

@OP, don't know where you've been for the past year or so but Part P was brought in in January 2005 :p It also doesn't stop people from doing electrical work in their own home- it limits what they can do and if they want to do more then they have to notify building control.
 
Trigger said:
:confused: Nothing wrong with a wire going by a tap as long as it isn't terminated to a fitting near the sink it should be fine.



Rubbish- if there was a permenant leakage to earth then the fuse/MCB would have blown/tripped ages ago ;)

@OP, don't know where you've been for the past year or so but Part P was brought in in January 2005 :p It also doesn't stop people from doing electrical work in their own home- it limits what they can do and if they want to do more then they have to notify building control.
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Trigger said:
:confused: Nothing wrong with a wire going by a tap as long as it isn't terminated to a fitting near the sink it should be fine.

Rubbish- if there was a permenant leakage to earth then the fuse/MCB would have blown/tripped ages ago ;)
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Coincidentally the owner has just left my house.
There was plug sockets directly under the taps in the cabinet.

I saw the earth live wire incident.
Simon called me up to show me at the time.
Everytime he found something new he invited me around because there are a lot of people worried who he did jobs for.
 
bitslice said:
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surely a high resistance link to earth wouldn't blow a fuse ?
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Well if there is an imbalance in current between the phase and neutral then it would trip, yes.

EDIT: I may be confusing an RCD and MCB here :o

dmpoole said:
There was plug sockets directly under the taps in the cabinet.
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:eek: I'm not sure what regulations say on this but IIRC, it was to do with no electrical fittings are allowed within reach of someone using the sink taps...
 
About two years ago I had to have another RCD fitted. When the guy put it in it kept tripping on a certain circuit which was the upstairs plugs. We then set about finding the fault and pulling floorboards up. When we finally found it there was a screw going straight through a wire that I had done 15 years earlier when putting the floorboards down. The old RCD never picked it up but the new one did.
 
Yeah, newer RCD's are a lot more sensitive, not to mention a damn site cheaper :D Either the old one was just not sensitive enough or it was faulty. Did you test it regularly?
 
bitslice said:
I'd guess my house was wired by professional electricians when it was built.
It was probably inspected by professional building inspectors too.

I have full confidence that a bunch of ****** up gippos with a sack full of salvaged wiring could have done a better job.

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*laughs*

Too true - whilst most professional electricians and the like do a good job, some won't.
Likewise some of the "amatures" or "diy" guys can do a superb job.
 
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