Garage wiring query

Shame if I was nearer would av a deco Mr Z (foc) however I live on the borders of the smoke so your gaff is to far away. Anyway good luck Mr Z.

 

Just get the guy back to put a 6mm T&E from the CU off the RCD side through a 32A MCB to the Isolator and the Jobs a Good Un

 

And the jobs a Good Un? One must ask the question ''Is the job a good un without testing and verification of final design?''

 

Good point but it goes without saying if its a Real sparky doing the job testing is part and parcel of the work.

 

Real sparky, or diyer armed with test instruments, and a copy of the osg coupled with in depth knowledge of dom wiring practises..

 

I didn't say it was a fixed load I said it couldn't be overloaded as the combined rating of the mcbs it feeds can't overload the cable, the same as feeding a switch off a busbar chamber in cable rated at the switch rating not the busbar. If the run is less than 3m to the fuse board this is an acceptable way of feeding a fuse switch. I agree that the single insulated cable isn't ideal but to call it a death trap is massively over the top.

 

should not of been left just cut off (or at least that lock off isolator should of had a sparks seal on it) and for those who dont know of sparks seal www.allpadlocks.com/ez-catalog/X380790/25 and then engrave a seal date and code on them with a notice stateing that this lock off has been sealed for safety and its an offence to remove this seal unless by a qualified electrician) as i have done many removal jobs where the cable was in a locked out building and was to be terminated

 

I doubt the part P police will turn up.

 

i know its not really an offence but that combined with a seal that needs bolt cutters or screw shears (www.screwfix.com/p/c-k-cable-cutter-210mm/51831) to remove is normaly enough to put off a customer or new owner of an install from breaking a seal

 

that and hears the joke the seals i use are better than those used by most if not all energy suppliers

 

I think you're fine mate - grey cable is ok according to the regs and BS7671. If the cable was black or green (reg 2:34:652:78954) then you would be in trouble. Why employ someone who knows what they are doing when you can risk your own house and family to save £100? My advice, get really drunk and do what the hell comes to you!!! Later babes......