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That was in fact the original question I asked. Appreciate your answer.

Of course that is true. But we all occasionally come across individual's who fall in to the "overconfident and undertrained" department and given an opening are happy to take it. Your system would benefit from losing off that loophole.

You'll never stop it. I know a guy who does his own gas work. Illegal, but as you say, over confident DIY will always happen.
 
Of course that is true. But we all occasionally come across individual's who fall in to the "overconfident and undertrained" department and given an opening are happy to take it. Your system would benefit from losing off that loophole.
I think this is a little academic as such a person wont' be concerned with certificates or notification in the first place. It's very easy to make an electrical job 'work'. That's all the customer will care about.
We described how the system is supposed to work, and all we can do as conscientious sparks is to crack on doing it right. There's rarely any comeback for those that don't do it right unless something terrible happens.
 
I would normally strongly agree and think having an ecir done should be held in higher regard. I also appreciate that most problems are caused by amateurs but considering that the board has just been changed it's unlikely to cause an issue adding a couple of sockets. There's a lot of electricians that won't both testing or certifying.
 
I would normally strongly agree and think having an ecir done should be held in higher regard. I also appreciate that most problems are caused by amateurs but considering that the board has just been changed it's unlikely to cause an issue adding a couple of sockets. There's a lot of electricians that won't both testing or certifying.
Sure - we rather drifted off from the 2 garage sockets into a more philosophical debate!
 
Sure - we rather drifted off
Drifted.. yes. My fault🙂
from the 2 garage sockets into a more philosophical debate!
Philosophical? Not in my view. Its been established that a competent diyer (or an individual who regards himself as) can in fact wire and certify an installation in the UK. I was, nt aware of that. That is a situation that is, nt possible (practically or theoretically) in the ROI system. That's not a criticism by the way, just a comparison.
I,m keenly interested in the differences in EU countries electrical. systems and appreciate the insight this thread has provided.
 
@LastManOnline I'm equally interested how it's impossible in the ROI.
If I went over there, and added a socket and did a good job that didn't make it obvious it had been added, how would anyone find out, and what would the consequences be.
 

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