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by kbrownie »
Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:11 pm
Hi Beufighter,
I'll cover a few important relevant points,
You can as a DIYer do any electrical installations in your house providing you apply to your local building controls outlining the work you intend to do. They charge a fee for this!
If it's a new CU you are installing an electrical installation certificate, schedule of test and schedule of inspection will be need to be completed.
Any new circuit from the cu will need a electrical installation cert
Any additions or extension to existing circuits will need a minor works certificate, all these test will need to be made using the relevant test instruments and have a current calibration certficate.
It's a compliated process if you don't know what you are doing you will need to be aware of what the right setting of the meters should be on, what a good reading is and what a bad reading is. Some of these test do put a voltage through the systems and some are live test.
The meters are very expensive if you decided to take this route, my experiences are that it is easier and cheaper to employee a suitable qualified electrician to perform these tasks.
KB