An electrics question....

[NikNak]

Hi guys ('n gals)

Quick question re electrics in the home...

I need to replace 2 electric sockets... one in a bedroom and one in a conservatory as they are 'chipped' and broken, but still working (dont want anything or fingers getting in them). Plus, i also have an outside floodlight that hasn't worked for ages (probably just a blown bulb), but as its now looking very shabby, again i thought i'd just replace it.

All 3 are straight forward like-for-like replacements....

Is this a job that i'm allowed to do myself (yes, i'm capable), or.... is it something that i have to get an electrician in to do..?


As always, cheers in advance.


Nick

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

You can do that yourself.

 

[RogerBoyle]

Yes you can

 

[gregmcateer]

Yep, I agree.
(Though if you're colour-blind, get someone to tell you which wires go where :lol: )

 

[Grahamshed]

Yep, I agree.
(Though if you're colour-blind, get someone to tell you which wires go where :lol: )

I am colour blind ( and technically blind for that matter ) doesn't bother me, I just get SWIMBO to turn it on for the first time while I go outside for a smoke.

 

[Baldhead]

Yep, I agree.
(Though if you're colour-blind, get someone to tell you which wires go where :lol: )

I am colour blind ( and technically blind for that matter ) doesn't bother me, I just get SWIMBO to turn it on for the first time while I go outside for a smoke.

Check her life insurance policy is up to date......just incase :lol: :lol: :lol:

BH

 

[gregmcateer]

Yep, I agree.
(Though if you're colour-blind, get someone to tell you which wires go where :lol: )

I am colour blind ( and technically blind for that matter ) doesn't bother me, I just get SWIMBO to turn it on for the first time while I go outside for a smoke.

Check her life insurance policy is up to date......just incase :lol: :lol: :lol:

BH

And remind her to lick her fingers before hitting the switch, of course

 

[ChrisR]

Yes, replacing like for like, not a problem.

Which makes a sham of the electrical regs, (just my opinion). :roll:


Take care.

Chris R.

 

[WoodMangler]

Is this a job that i'm allowed to do myself (yes, i'm capable), or.... is it something that i have to get an electrician in to do..?

It's a like-for-like replacement, so it's OK to do yourself (and who's going to know anyway ?)

 

[ChrisR]

Know one will know, but if you want to sell your house, then all test certificates gas or electrics will need to be in place.

So if you have no intention of selling, then no problem.


Take care.

Chris R.

 

[RogerS]

Know one will know, but if you want to sell your house, then all test certificates gas or electrics will need to be in place.

So if you have no intention of selling, then no problem.


Take care.

Chris R.

True but his proposed work is non-notifiable therefore no certificate required.

 

[ChrisR]

Know one will know, but if you want to sell your house, then all test certificates gas or electrics will need to be in place.

So if you have no intention of selling, then no problem.


Take care.

Chris R.

True but his proposed work is non-notifiable therefore no certificate required.

Yes, but that was not the question.

Take care.

Chris R.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

That raises a question relevant to me. I'm about to spur off a ring main to add another double socket in my workshop. Is that a notifiable (and therefore needing of certification) activity?

I'm certainly competent to do it and have re-wired an entire house in previous lives....but not sure where I stand on regs for it. I'll be pretty hacked off if that pathetic piece of wiring needed certifying?

 

[RogerS]

That raises a question relevant to me. I'm about to spur off a ring main to add another double socket in my workshop. Is that a notifiable (and therefore needing of certification) activity?

I'm certainly competent to do it and have re-wired an entire house in previous lives....but not sure where I stand on regs for it. I'll be pretty hacked off if that pathetic piece of wiring needed certifying?

Not notifiable

Q5: What types of electrical work are 'non-notifiable'?
The following types of work are non-notifiable:

Replacing accessories such as socket-outlets, control switches and ceiling roses
Replacing the cable for a single circuit only, where damaged, for example, by fire, rodent or impact (1)
Re-fixing or replacing the enclosures of existing installation components (2)
Providing mechanical protection to existing fixed installations (3)
Installing or upgrading main or supplementary equipotential bonding (4)
Work that is not in a kitchen or special location and does not involve a special installation (5) and consists of:
- adding lighting points (light fittings and switches) to an existing circuit (6)
- adding socket-outlets and fused spurs to an existing ring or radial circuit (6)

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Ah brilliant...many thanks Richard

 

[RogerS]

Ah brilliant...many thanks Richard

Or even Roger :wink:

 

[markturner]

If its useful to anyone, they have relaxed the regs to make it so that as long as the work is done by a "competent person" then you or someone else can do notifiable work and get it checked and certified by another electrician. previously the person doing the work had to certify........