Hi Folks I would like to change some of the sockets & switches in my late mum & dads house (like for like), as some of the old ones look very discoloured, with the plan to sell the house at some point. Do I need a minor works electrical certificate to do this or would the possible buyer get a full inspection anyway that would cover this?
If you feel competent do it just go ahead. No MWC required if just changing accessories on a like for like basis, just make sure that all your connections are tightened properly and that there's earth sleeving on the earthing conductors.
Take pictures before you disconnect every wire! and maybe even add a mark or two to wires to help identify them.
How will he know that it's all been correctly reconnected (or that it was ever connected properly) without inspection and testing? Inspection and testing isn't optional even though a MEIWC might be. P.S. There can only be one Earthing conductor in the electrical installation.
I dont know what the sockets are on . maybe radial final or ring final, but are you not supposed to verify conductor continuity after fitting the sockets? Just wondering thats all.
Senica means CPC, but he is talking to a non electrician so he uses terms the layman may understand. The earthing conductor is the wire from the CCU to the main earth terminal or electrode, as I remember.......
Thanks Bob but I would call that one the MEC (main earthing conductor), as far as i'm concerned any wire that is being used to supply an earth is an "earthing conductor"!
To my mind, an earthing conductor is any conductor used to connect something to Earth. An Earth conductor earths an installation but to avoid confusion I try to use the term installation Earth conductor.
An Earth conductor could be a bloke conducting a band called Earth. It could be a bloke called Earth on a bus collecting tickets, or a train. Pedantic so and so's.
The Earthing conductor is clearly defined in BS7671 so calling cpcs that is wholly incorrect. Also there is no such thing as a main Earthing conductor - there is only one Earthing conductor in an electrical installation.
You need a geography lesson then. He is located in Derry (aka Londonderry). That is in the United Kingdom(
Londonderry is the same thing as Derry. It/they are in Northern Ireland which, last time I looked, is part of the United Kingdom. See that line on the map to the west of the city?