Last time I was having a chat with my local wholesaler he said they didn't stock them and had never been asked for them and they didn't plan on stocking them anytime soon
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Thats interesting Ung , so up near Wigan wholesaler is not stocking them , here in North B,ham wholesaler not stocking them .
i don't know a sparks who has fitted any .
So, how are other Forumites dealing with the great movement toward Anti - Arcing & Lightening strike jobbies in boards ..is the trade in general bothering or not ?
i don't know a sparks who has fitted any .
So, how are other Forumites dealing with the great movement toward Anti - Arcing & Lightening strike jobbies in boards ..is the trade in general bothering or not ?
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I suspect a lot of us are just saying, oh gawd not more nonsense to ignore. Only got to put up with this rubbish for another 3 years.
that about sums my position up - I have taken to applying common snese :innocent . I have also taken to making my views clear to my annual assessor that such items as AFDD are complete ****e and will not be fitted by me any time dfeore I can fly higher than the flying pig on a blue moon.
I still can't get me head around the "omission" of the BS 7288 devices and the mandating of RCD's for lighting circuits - so when Mrs Smith wants a loft light - it can be VERY expensive ..............
I think some people need a reality check . I come across guys who , on January 1st of a new set of Regs coming in , immediately dismiss the previous set as total rubbish ,
when in fact they were the bee's knees , the dog's doohahs the day before.
There was stuff like condemning 6mm main bonding or I was picked up by the NIC man of time for using up green earth cable when the yellow stripe was added .
Or these days there are sparks who carry a crucifix to hold up against a PVC consumer unit when they see one .
Top marks go to the sparky I worked with years ago whose interpretation of the Regs was affected by his own weird logic . We had just started work on a new build school , loads of steel conduit , on day one he made a "runner" and declared that , according to the Regs . that was it ! We can't do another runner on the whole school installation . 6 months work ahead & no "runners"!!
There was a reg that said something about one "runner" only in a particular section , lets say the switch drop in a classroom . Didn't mean that was it for the whole damn building but he was convinced it did.
Another instance was I 'm doing some work at a large "posh" house at the board...a bloke appeared and says "
You the sparks" ?
" Erm yep"
" I'm British Gas , the earth clamp is too far from the gas meter you'll have to put it right mate"
" Its not my earth clamp pal I just got here "
"You'll still have to move it "
" Do you know what ? I don't give a stuff about how close the clamp is , if it worries you that much ...you do it.
Like I'm the official earth clamp correction squad.
when in fact they were the bee's knees , the dog's doohahs the day before.
There was stuff like condemning 6mm main bonding or I was picked up by the NIC man of time for using up green earth cable when the yellow stripe was added .
Or these days there are sparks who carry a crucifix to hold up against a PVC consumer unit when they see one .
Top marks go to the sparky I worked with years ago whose interpretation of the Regs was affected by his own weird logic . We had just started work on a new build school , loads of steel conduit , on day one he made a "runner" and declared that , according to the Regs . that was it ! We can't do another runner on the whole school installation . 6 months work ahead & no "runners"!!
There was a reg that said something about one "runner" only in a particular section , lets say the switch drop in a classroom . Didn't mean that was it for the whole damn building but he was convinced it did.
Another instance was I 'm doing some work at a large "posh" house at the board...a bloke appeared and says "
You the sparks" ?
" Erm yep"
" I'm British Gas , the earth clamp is too far from the gas meter you'll have to put it right mate"
" Its not my earth clamp pal I just got here "
"You'll still have to move it "
" Do you know what ? I don't give a stuff about how close the clamp is , if it worries you that much ...you do it.
Like I'm the official earth clamp correction squad.
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Gas pipe stranglers - have more than a few conversations with customers along the lines of they can go forth and multiply.
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