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| Thread ID: 113509 | 2010-10-23 01:00:00 | Wiring a light switch | jwil1 (65) | PC World Chat |
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| 1147038 | 2010-10-24 05:16:00 | I'm with coldot here. Ring a sparky. Doesn't cost much, they just come out, check your job, if it's up to spec (IE the same level that they'd do it to), then they'll sign for it. Really, do you want to risk everything for less than a hundred bucks? The rules are in place for a reason. Sure the wiring is simple, but the fact that it hasn't been signed for (and proven safe) is a serious problem. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1147039 | 2010-10-24 05:19:00 | If you have a brown wire in there you are using the wrong cable. | tut (12033) | ||
| 1147040 | 2010-10-24 06:15:00 | I'm pretty sure you are allowed to do your own wiring like this so legally he's all good and doesn't need it signed off. Insurance might be a different story though. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1147041 | 2010-10-24 06:18:00 | IIRC, it depends how it's connected to the mains supply (socket vs. hard-wired). | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1147042 | 2010-10-24 06:23:00 | Yeah looks like you're right actually. What can you do? # Installing, extending, or altering any cables (except the main cables that come from the street to your switchboard). You have to get the finished job checked and tested by a licensed electrical inspector. You cannot connect your work to the electricity supply yourself. The inspector will connect it, test it, and issue you with a Certificate of Compliance (see below) if it complies with safety requirements. List of guidelines here (www.consumerbuild.org.nz). |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1147043 | 2010-10-24 07:46:00 | I'm pretty sure you are allowed to do your own wiring like this so legally he's all good and doesn't need it signed off. Insurance might be a different story though. You definitely cannot do your own wiring unless it is supervised by, tested, and certified by a licenced electrician. Supervision may be 'general' but testing and certification is not optional. Your insurance will be null and void if you do not comply with legislative requirements, and believe me, your insurers willl investigate very thoroughly if dollars are at stake. From your comments and questions it is clear that you are not competent install this switch, and taking RB's advice would be further proof. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1147044 | 2010-10-24 23:40:00 | If it has a brown wire it is a flexible cable and doesnt meet the criteria. (Moving switches, sockets and lighting outlets, but only if they are wired with tough plastic-sheathed cables). |
tut (12033) | ||
| 1147045 | 2010-10-25 09:05:00 | In my previous house the homeowner had made some alterations and the metal conduit no longer touched the hot-point box. So there was no earth. (The conduit only had 2 conductors, the metal of the conduit being the earth). When he came to wiring up the outlet the guy simply earthed the socket to the (floating) metal wall box! That's why amateurs shouldn't work on wiring |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1147046 | 2010-10-27 04:11:00 | In my previous house the homeowner had made some alterations and the metal conduit no longer touched the hot-point box. So there was no earth. (The conduit only had 2 conductors, the metal of the conduit being the earth). You still had conduit wire??? :horrified :horrified :horrified That is most definitely why amateurs shouldn't work on wiring; conduit wire only exists in houses that have never been touched since the day they were built. It is a shock and/or fire hazard in anybody's language. The house probably had a wood-fired stove, asbestos insulation, a steam-driven electricity meter, long-drop dunny and a tin tub on the back lawn for baths. Of course we should also allow that you may have a very long memory and that there were steam trams scaring the horses down main-street at the time you found this problem. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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