"gort" wrote in message
news
be aware
that Dave is a trader and not a diy'er, and feeds of the group for advice
to
carry out his business, which I think has a proper place.
Steve Dawson
www.foxelectrical.co.uk
And what are you then, going by your sig ?. Dave has been on this group
for a long time and has always given good advice. I have never, ever seen
him abuse that. How long have you been posting here ?
Dave
For everbodys info,
My credentials
Apprentice electrical fitter for Southern Electric Plc 1988 - 1992
High Voltage Distribution Fitter for Southern Electric, carrying out
maintenance and construction on all voltages ad systems between 12V dc and
132KV 1992 - 2001
Started own business in 1998 working part time on days off. Changed name in
1998 to Fox Electrical, Left Southern Electric in 2001, to work full time on
my business. Became ECA registered contractor in 2002, NICEIC registered in
2006.
I have a CG232pt 2, CG2377, CG2380, CG2391, have finished the CG2400, but
not had time to do the design assignemnt yet.
Run a small electrical business, doing a wide variety of jobs, and diagree
with the application of Part P. but agree agree with the theory, but it is
not working.
My original point regarding Dave's post was that I have and do such repairs,
using crimps and heatshrink, but some time the crimp does not hold or I
missed for some reason. Any way with out testing it correctly how are you to
know whether or not the repair is safe??
The point was to get Dave to think about the consequences of a failed
repair, and what he would do to defend himself, if someone was injured. No
scarey bits intend, just to open your eyes to what may occur.
You nay create a high resistance joint which could potentially start a fire,
or maybe the earth ( or 'circuit protective conductor' to give it it's
proper name maybe open circuit. Where would the potential fault go in a
class 1 appliance?? Possible thru the case and the person touching.
A way of demonstrating that you have carried this out correctly is to issue
test certs, in this case we would look to issue a Minor Works Certificate,
because the work that has been carried out has interfered with the
characteristics of the circuit.
I have no gripe with Dave, he is good and proactive group member, but needs
as a fledging business to be aware of potential pitfalls. It would be the
same as be putting in a gas heating system, but I have no idea how to
commision it or what is the correct burning characteristics.
Oh, one more thing, everybody on this group knows I am awful at speeling and
grammar, which is why I build things, not wite things.
Now, lets all play nicely again :-) and not jump down people's throats when
they offer advice, unless it is bad or dangerous.
Regards to Everyone, even Dr Drivel
Steve Dawson
www.foxelectrical.co.uk