local electricians facebook postings

[monkey5]

Just wondered on other peoples thoughts on these, i have my views, but would be interested in yours.  

 

[Andy™]

well they are not required to be dual RCD... infact the opposite is true in that dual RCD doesnt really comply with 314...

 

[kerching]

Written by Saul B Ollocks I reckon

 

[binky]

''Very dangerous to use'' - I grew up in the era of unshielded sockets and re-wirable fuses beofre RCDs were even thought of  :slap

 

[Fleeting]

Fellas just trying to make the world a safer place.

 

[Murdoch]

The fella on Facebook has obviously been to the school of scare your clients into having work done

and if it’s his NAPIT label then he is obviously using the fatally flawed code breakers book too 

Our CU is plastic ...... and there is no way I’m changing it 

so rollicks to who ever is writing this carp 

 

[Fleeting]

My CU is plastic so I have removed the cover to make it safer, less to catch fire. Winner, winner.

 

[Sharpend]

My CU is plastic so I have removed the cover to make it safer, less to catch fire. Winner, winner.

And I supposed you sprayed the inside with aluminium metal paint!! 

 

[Fleeting]

And I supposed you sprayed the inside with aluminium metal paint!! 

Covered the front in foil to prevent access to live parts, now an all metal enclosure.

 

[Sharpend]

Covered the front in foil to prevent access to live parts, now an all metal enclosure.

Manufacturers tuft! What do they know!! 

 

[monkey5]

thanks for your replies, basically what i was thinking. so next question would you say anything, ive held off for a while but yesterday went to one of my customer due to a fault, she mentioned seeing one of these posts and she's panicking about the her consumer unit needing to be replaced as its plastic. i managed to explain it all to her and now she is happy but she said if she hadnt have known me she would have felt pressured into contacting him, how many other vulnerable people would.

 

[monkey5]

and god help when he has to fit AFFDs and has to tell all the customer in 1/2 years or when ever it is that the boards he has fitted are now not compliant!

what are your thoughts on 10 years until next inspection after a board upgrade?

 

[binky]

what are your thoughts on 10 years until next inspection after a board upgrade?

Perfectly acceptable in most circumstances.