Best type of lighting in stables

[telectrix]

it may not need notifying to LABC, but it does need a certificate . BS7671 reg. 610

 

[Percyprod]

No, BS7671 doesn't apply to it. I will test it as if it did, but only for my own satisfaction. No certificate required.

 

[DPG]

Why do you say the wiring regs don't apply to the installation?

 

[telectrix]

bollox. so what standard applies then?

 

[Percyprod]

Getting a bit off subject, but it's not a dwelling, it's a stable, BS7671 only applies to dwellings.

 

[Andy78]

Getting a bit off subject, but it's not a dwelling, it's a stable, BS7671 only applies to dwellings.

Absolute nonsense. It's building regs and the notification system you're thinking of, not the wiring regs.

 

[telectrix]

i think there must be a british standard relating to horse sh"t, or should it be bullsh"t?

 

[telectrix]

Getting a bit off subject, but it's not a dwelling, it's a stable, BS7671 only applies to dwellings.

on which planet is that?

 

[telectrix]

Getting a bit off subject, but it's not a dwelling, it's a stable, BS7671 only applies to dwellings.

 

[telectrix]

see section 705

 

[DPG]

I'm not convinced you are an electrician. Any electrician would know that the wiring regs do indeed apply, and that testing and certification is required.

 

[static zap]

I still thought an electrician had a duty to protect , people and live stock ?

(expensive horse's getting electricuted = bad for business)

 

[Percyprod]

Oh dear, seems like a little bit of knowledge and all that. The stable is in a field. No house on the land. No one lives in the stable, people that is, and it is not regularly occupied. It is therefore not a dwelling. BS7671 applies to dwellings, it says so clearly. If you think I am wrong, I will give you the name and address of my local council building control officer and you can correct him, as he confirmed the fact that BS7671 does not apply, and test and certificate was not required.

 

[Andy78]

A little knowledge and all that indeed ....... but not on the side of the forum.

Here are the specific exclusions to BS7671 listed in Part 1. Can you see stables in it ?

 

[Percyprod]

Static Zap, read my posts, the installation WILL be tested. I qualified as an electrician in 1965! Haha, still qualified enough to know how to test an installation, 50 years in the trade altogether, with local dno.

 

[Percyprod]

More to the point, can you show me where a building that is not a dwelling is covered? Unless it tells me that a non-dwelling is covered I couldn't give a hoot.

 

[telectrix]

BS7671 applies to all electrical installations subject to the exceptions given by any78
have a read of section 705. i believe horses come under the general scope of livestock, even if i prefer them in a plate with chips, mushrooms and a touch of garlic.

 

[Percyprod]

Only applies to buildings covered by the regs, such as agricultural buildings that house livestock. I'll go with the planning officer, suits me. My animals are safe, probably safer than if the wiring was done by some of the registered sparks whose work I've seen.

 

[telectrix]

such as agricultural buildings that house livestock

so what are stables if not to house livestock?

 

[Percyprod]

Still can't see stables mentioned, it's not commercial and it's not agricultural.