....
According to the NIC inspector I use, you will be able to change the
socket
faceplate without a certificate but if you change a socket from
single
to
double you are performing an installation and so need a certificate.

Well let us hope that all 'inspectors' aren't this clueless then.

AIUI the installation of a complete new spur is a 'small modification'
under the new rules and as such does not need certification, so
changing a face plate most certainly doesn't.

However, (and yes I know this record is worn out), it is this
'loophole' that will make the incident of wrong installations more
likely with the new rules as now unknowledgeable people will
install spurs for themselves because the cost of having a
'professional' do the work will be unaffordable due to the costs
of the new regs

tim

I never mentioned adding a spur.

No you didn't but you said (that you were told) "performing an
installation" required certification. In what way is adding a spur
(presumably with a socket at the end of it) not an "installation"
when changing a box from single to double is.


He (inspector) believes that under the new regs adding a spur will require a
certificate. But he would say that of course.

He also said that the way things are written for the new regs then you can
change a light fiting without a problem but you would need a certificate to
change a pendant to several downlighters.

I'm not getting at you here, you're only reporting what you've
been told. However, unfortunately, the person telling you got it
wrong and it's very worring that that person who got it wrong
is the person who's supposed to be overseeing everyone else
(ok some other group of people) getting it right.

We will have to see what ******** the legislation makes. I am sure that the
inspector did not find his NIC card in a cornflakes packet.

Adam