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Looks like he’s more competent than the one that did it originally.Just an observation, but you are aware as a non-spark you're not supposed to be working on a consumer unit ? If something went wrong and traced back to the CU your house insurance company could have an issue with it, let alone buildings control as its notifiable work - Just an observation, I'm surprised no one else has picked up on that in the first post.
Not unless you become a member of a Competent Persons Scheme such as NICEIC or Napit.I'll be able to sign off domestic installs imminently
Taking the NICEIC path ayeNot unless you become a member of a Competent Persons Scheme such as NICEIC or Napit.
I was commenting on the statement made by muso31- "I'll be able to sign off domestic installs imminently".Are we going to get into another discussion of what can and cant be done by a homeowner?
If it needs signed off, notified, by a member of CPS... then they wouldn't sell consumer units to joe public in a DIY shed....
Anybody can do the work, then just get a spark to do an EICR on it..... (which would possibly be cheaper to do the work in the first place)
Says who ? He's not replacing the CU, and he's not adding a new circuit. So no notifiable work involved (in England). Of course, the scams would prefer people to think otherwise for the benefit of themselves.Just an observation, but you are aware as a non-spark you're not supposed to be working on a consumer unit ?
Possibly, unlikely though.If something went wrong and traced back to the CU your house insurance company could have an issue with it
As noted, not notifiable.let alone buildings control as its notifiable work
Perhaps because we don't see a problem - other than with the "poor" work that's being put right.Just an observation, I'm surprised no one else has picked up on that in the first post.
Rough is being exceedingly generous.It's rough but, provided connectors are able to handle the rated current of each outgoing circuit, there's no real issue on that front.
Cables should indeed be restrained and IP rating of enclosures maintained. The main issue, as you've highlighted, is cable sheaths and exposed insulation entering through a cut metal edge. There are a number of ways this could be resolved and glanding individual cables is one of them. To make the best of what you have, I'd probably replace the 2 gang surface box with a small adaptable box and run a short length of 2x2" PVC trunking between it and the board, which would provide space to place some sort of gromment over that cable entry.
I'd be slightly concerned about what's inside your CU, but it may all be fine.
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