Why you shouldnt sign off others work

[M107]

At a property to install sockets & lights in a garage conversion.

"For cash could you sign off the other electrical work that has been done around the house by me & the builder"

No but I can do a quick visual inspection today while I'm here & undertake a periodic at a later date if you like.

The following are reasons why you as a spark should not sign off diy/builders/kitchen fitters electrical work.

I did & quick IR of ring 0.00M ohms so did a bit of digging & customer points me to some JB's he had seen & some he'd fitted under the floor.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00675.jpg

I've not done anything other than lift the cables from under the floor.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00673.jpg

And now with the lid off.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00674.jpg

Found multiple sockets like this.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00680.jpg

That was where the IR fault was.

As a spur off a spur off the 30amp 3036 (uncontinious ring) the feed to the garden shed come workshop & an unfused down supply for a security light.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00676.jpg

Yes that is 1mm going left to the light. 2.5mm from 30amp spur as the supply. 1.5mm swa for the feed to the sheds.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00677.jpg

The shed installation..... remember I have not removed anything....this is how I found it all live & in use by the home owner to operate garden lighting / sockets for drill & saw + 2x freezers & a feed to a second shed.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j293/gazjothomas/DSC00679.jpg

So remember yes the temptation to pick up some cheers easy cash is there, just for giving a cert or part P sign off what harm could there be in it..............but your name could be against the like of the above.

 

[NozSpark]

So did you sign it off or not

Do you recon that you'll get the remedials?

 

[M107]

I only signed off my work O) ..

That consisted of one 6amp & one 20amp 60898 retro fit mcb's for the old 3036 cu & fitted 2x remote 30mA rcd's next to the cu (more than the moben fitter/sparks did last year). 5x sockets on 2.5mm radial & 4x lights on 1.5mm.

I'm not sure I want the remedials.....it scares me of what else I might findROTFWL

 

[NozSpark]

Don't blame you mate... I feel the same about my cooker thread

 

[M107]

Don't blame you mate... I feel the same about my cooker thread

I thought ( when I took a look at your pictures) Uuughhh a shed load of problems waiting there & what made me think that?.......all the properties I've been in with paint covered surface mounted cables have had shocking installations.

 

[sparky999]

Good post M cant believe that socket picture with all those cables and connectors, did they manage to get it pushed back or did you find it hanging off the wall like that?

 

[M107]

It was pushed back fixed & in use as you see it, as were four other sockets.

The place has loads of the old favourite.. multiple spurs from one socket, I advised that the 3036 be replaced with a 20amp 60898 retrofit mcb.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

The problem is, the Part P notifications are so vague,once the LABC gets one against that address its finished & ok.