Explaining SPD’s to your costumers , eyes glaze over
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It must be just you. I have never tried to explain the importance of an SPD to my customers.
What’s an SPD?
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My customers come to me telling me what work they want me to do. I am not a pushy salesman trying to sell somthing they have never heard of.
Sharpend
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but of course a man of your conscience does all the necessary risk assessments just in case it’s necessary to install a SPD :innocent
It's not hard explaining the benefits of a SPD,,,, especially when they cost <£30
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well, we seem to have survived for decades without them .... RCBOs are bad enough :^O
and how often do we see lighting damage to appliances? I get the functionality and what they do, but even in a house that suffered a direct hit that I tested, the appliances were fine.
And none so far know that under the 18th edition RCD's are required for lighting circuits, irrespective of installation method .............
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And that, for example on a bathroom refurb, you cannot put the lights on an RCD fused spur as these are no longer recognised in BS7671, which was nice!
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Nope
NO oversight
done intentionally
so,.....bathroom refurb
little old lady with no money
MCB Board
no RCD
run lights through RCD spur ....simples!
not any more it ain't
NO oversight
done intentionally
so,.....bathroom refurb
little old lady with no money
MCB Board
no RCD
run lights through RCD spur ....simples!
not any more it ain't
Done intentionally - what make you think that?
they are still readily available ..............................
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At no point did I ever say they were not available
what I did say was that they are no longer recognised under BS7671
there was a thread on this a few weeks ago
however i am quite ill at present so will,invite @Sidewinder. To join in and explain.....unless of course I have completely misunderstood myself! Which is very possible
what I did say was that they are no longer recognised under BS7671
there was a thread on this a few weeks ago
however i am quite ill at present so will,invite @Sidewinder. To join in and explain.....unless of course I have completely misunderstood myself! Which is very possible
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I was teasing you ....
I was in a 1999 house today - not an RCD in sight ........... prospective customer simply not interested in hearing about the regulations as they are now ............... its all very tedious and boring
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