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Home Electrics Diy Competence -Vs- Need Qualified Electrician.
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<blockquote data-quote="Manator" data-source="post: 406728" data-attributes="member: 9561"><p>I have been very interested in the debate about consumer units, taking part in the discussions over on the IET forums as well as some others. I have read the CIBSE guide and the white paper released by BEAMA.</p><p></p><p>What I wanted people to do was to challenge the thinking behind the final outcome. The main cause of electrical fires within enclosures has from the start been identified as poor workmanship. In my view by the actions they have taken they appear to accept that poor workmanship, and to an extent condone it (as a matter of fact) . If you read the documents properly it mentions bad workmanship as the primary cause, and yet now relies on good workmanship to make sure that the installation is carried out to maintain a satisfactory standard.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion if you find the cause of a problem you remedy that problem. Properly installed plastic consumer units do not pose a problem and the fitting of them could be legitimate. At the moment only domestic installations have to comply, that again informs myself that the problem they have identified comes from one sector of the electrical industry.</p><p></p><p>I have directly challenged this thinking and as yet not received any feedback, I can only assume they are too embarrassed to get into the debate in public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manator, post: 406728, member: 9561"] I have been very interested in the debate about consumer units, taking part in the discussions over on the IET forums as well as some others. I have read the CIBSE guide and the white paper released by BEAMA. What I wanted people to do was to challenge the thinking behind the final outcome. The main cause of electrical fires within enclosures has from the start been identified as poor workmanship. In my view by the actions they have taken they appear to accept that poor workmanship, and to an extent condone it (as a matter of fact) . If you read the documents properly it mentions bad workmanship as the primary cause, and yet now relies on good workmanship to make sure that the installation is carried out to maintain a satisfactory standard. In my opinion if you find the cause of a problem you remedy that problem. Properly installed plastic consumer units do not pose a problem and the fitting of them could be legitimate. At the moment only domestic installations have to comply, that again informs myself that the problem they have identified comes from one sector of the electrical industry. I have directly challenged this thinking and as yet not received any feedback, I can only assume they are too embarrassed to get into the debate in public. [/QUOTE]
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