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Shhh - being pedantic 'cos that what it asks for on the minor works formWhy do you want to disconnect all the fittings, just do IR to earth.
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Shhh - being pedantic 'cos that what it asks for on the minor works formWhy do you want to disconnect all the fittings, just do IR to earth.
Note the Zs (and RCD if applicable) results on the job sheet and file it for 7 years then shred it.Well I assume you do some tests, what do you do with the results?
Not a million miles away from what I do, only I note them on a MWC.Note the Zs (and RCD if applicable) results on the job sheet and file it for 7 years then shred it.
OK i will be honest, some might not. If a customer rings me with a broken socket, switch stuck or face cracked, for example. I will swap it out, do a continuity test at the socket while de-energised, do a Zs when back up. Check CU damage/bonding/earth. Make appropriate suggestions if relevant, charge for the swap. No MWC. Job was to swap socket, that's all, local handyman could have done it, legally.Well I assume you do some tests, what do you do with the results?
local handyman could have done it, legally.
And if a handy man was doing it he'd be required to complete a MWC if he was complying with BS 7671
Last time I gave a (admittedly elderly) customer a MWC for a minor job, they looked at me blankly, in a mild state of panic. "What do I have to do with this?" they said. "Oh just put it with all your other important household documents" I told them. "Is it an important document then?" he said, even more worried. What can you say? For a socket change?And if a handy man was doing it he'd be required to complete a MWC if he was complying with BS 7671
And if a handy man was doing it he'd be required to complete a MWC if he was complying with BS 7671
True I do plenty of family "freebies".Yes it is good practice for a company for records etc, it isn't required and when replacing one for myself or my mother I wouldn't be supplying a minor works, same for light switches and fittings.
I think I will just carry on not complying personally.
Probably is. How an individual operates is up to them I think. I do find it a bit odd when people worry about what may happen in the future, following things like a socket change. it's just a socket, or a switch, or a light fitting, what can go wrong, other than it getting damaged? And how would the future "enquiry" know which socket was replaced anyway?I'm not saying you're not speaking logically, in fact quite the opposite. I just always understood that a cert of some kind was required for ANY electrical work.
If you change a socket for example and there's no rcd protection a lot could go wrong. As I said earlier, I charge for the hour anyway so why not just change the socket and carry a couple of relevant tests? The mwc is a simple 1 page doc that takes a couple of minuets to fill out on which you can put any observations on the existing installation. I'm still out of there in 1/2 hour and that's with a cuppa.I do find it a bit odd when people worry about what may happen in the future, following things like a socket change. it's just a socket, or a switch, or a light fitting, what can go wrong?
Be specific, "replace broken socket in hallway" for example. Hopefully nothing will go wrong and obviously over a period of time a MWC may be negated anyway.Probably is. How an individual operates is up to them I think. I do find it a bit odd when people worry about what may happen in the future, following things like a socket change. it's just a socket, or a switch, or a light fitting, what can go wrong, other than it getting damaged? And how would the future "enquiry" know which socket was replaced anyway?
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