Do I need to be a qualified electrician to make DIY extension lead?

[Deleted member 72666]

Maybe the op wants a reason to fail a customer's extension lead on the grounds that it's 'diy' and is looking for a specific reg to back it up, I could be wrong but that's how it looks to me.

 

[DPG]

The OP wants to make his own extension cable and wanted to know if he needed to be qualified. He doesn't. I think he's gone anyway.

 

[telectrix]

The OP wants to make his own extension cable and wanted to know if he needed to be qualified. He doesn't. I think he's gone anyway.

he's gone to buy 20m of bell wire.

 

[Taylortwocities]

@Sam0204 could you expand on the use for this lead?

Is this to provide power from the house to the office that is 20metres away down the garden, maybe?

 

[Dave OCD]

Having read all this I'm scared to use my 2.5mm /50m long extension lead now. Will I be arrested ?

 

[Rpa07]

"Spark arrested" I can see the headlines now!

Having read all this I'm scared to use my 2.5mm /50m long extension lead now. Will I be arrested ?

 

[Dave OCD]

And thinking about it the 2.5 flex is very neatly terminated in the 13a rubber plug - so it can be done !

 

[Des 56]

Having read all this I'm scared to use my 2.5mm /50m long extension lead now. Will I be arrested ?

Maybe just a caution if you take care to leave a couple of turns on the drum

 

[Dave OCD]

Can't do that, it'll get hot !

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

25 meters is a long lead - it could get up to all sorts of mischief unless RCD protected.

So I now have an image of a 25m extension loitering around shops and causing trouble.