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Peter Hemmings writes:
Hi,

I eventually finished my En-Suite (about a year!).
Got the BI to check and (as I had already mentioned para 1.26) he agreed
to get the Part P done!
I await the contractor, but while the BI was here, he seemed to imply
the whole house would be checked, can this be correct?

It is appropriate to check at least some aspects, such as earthing
including service bonding. It's up to the BI how much is checked
and at what level. The intention of Part P wasn't a full electrical
inspection but just a quick inspection by the BI as they do for
anything else they check. Most LA's have gone way OTT.

I can understand the need to check its safe, but I only wanted hime to
check my additional wiring.
While he vivited he did bring out a meter and checked the earth
impedance (7.5ohm) which he said was good for my installation (overhead
power lines) whi should be less than 33ohms.
I did find out the other day that the power company has put down earths
on every 5th pole and I can have an earth terminal put on my neutral
cable for free, should I do this in future?

Yes, it makes it easier to provide a well protected wiring
installation.

I cannot rember the terminology (TT and TMG I think).

PME or TN-C-S. (TT is what you have now, I suspect.)

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Andrew Gabriel
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