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  1. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    I asked what the legal position was in my original question. I clarified this several times, but I'll try again: can someone who is not an accredited, insured professional electrician legally do any electrical work on a business premise? I mentioned retirement only because this highlights the...
  2. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    Then it becomes a matter of personal judgement where you draw the line... change a bulb? Of course. Change a plug or replace a blown fuse? Sure. Replace a single-gang outside socket (mounted 6' up that only I use to plug tools in and is not accessible to customers) with a 2-gang version? I'm...
  3. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    If you've done your job properly when you do the original install, isn't the whole point that the system is inherently safe from children, animals, bungling DIY-ers? That is a serious question. I ask you the same question I asked Murdoch... if you were a former sparkie with the skills but no...
  4. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    So are you saying that it YOU retired, and all your certification/accreditation/insurance lapsed and you no longer had the specialist testing kit, you would not do work in a similar scenario to myself but would hire someone? That's probably the starkest way I can put my original question.
  5. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    I think I'd say a shelf is potentially dangerous, if it's mounted high and fails it could easily kill or wound someone! But the question is really not to argue "what can I actually do safely" it's "what am I allowed to do legally?" For instance I understand it's not just unwise but illegal for...
  6. M

    Can I do ANY DIY work on business premises?

    We have a small nursery school running out of a custom built building in our garden. A couple of years in and I can see the benefit to add a couple more external sockets. It's straightforward - we're talking doubling up an existing socket or similar and if it were my house I'd do it without...
  7. M

    Outdoor sockets and plugs that are too big

    I wonder if they supply stainless screws... I have a few proper outdoor switches and even though they given you little plastic covers, the screws start to rust and inevitably will be unusable when I need to open them one day! Anyway thanks @Geoff1946 this seems worth a go
  8. M

    Outdoor sockets and plugs that are too big

    That's the sort of thing I've used before, that always leak... but possibly just because I have inferior cheap versions. Although mine are the ones with clip lids not screw-on so that might be an issue too. I still like the idea of mounting it on top of the socket - but I risk ending up...
  9. M

    Outdoor sockets and plugs that are too big

    I thought I was being clever when I had several outdoor sockets installed around my detached house - perfect for using tools and, I imagined, Christmas lights. Except that virtually everything you might ever want to plug in - except a plain extension lead - has some oversized plug which prevents...
  10. M

    Can I change my LED rope light controller

    Was that to me @Richard-the-ninth ? I got this figured out over the weekend - the weird part was that in the static controller 'earth' goes to the same pin as blue in the MF one, which was about the only option I didn't consider. I did a continuity test on the simple controller to check it...
  11. M

    Can I change my LED rope light controller

    By the way what is inside the simple power supply? These are mains lights so could it be something to limit the draw, or do smoothing? It's about the size of a tube of Polos so can't be much going on?
  12. M

    Can I change my LED rope light controller

    I have installed 50m Duralite LED rope along my drive. I bought the multi-function controller thinking it would remember my choice so it would be a nice light normally, but could flash at Xmas... nope. They sell both multi-function and basic controllers on TLC Direct...
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