TheScullster wrote:
"ARWadsworth" wrote

TheScullster wrote:
Hi all

Looking at the Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate left
by the now infamous Building Control Inspector, there is a field
labelled "Method of protection against indirect contact".
My B-I-L thought that the letters ADS should be included here -
automatic disconnection of supply.

Now for the ring main I could see this being appropriate - having an
RCD on that would give protection against contacting something that
had indirectly become live - is this what is meant by protection
against indirect contact? For the lighting, there is no RCD, just
the mcb. Is this device considered to give protection against
indirect contact?
In brief, what should I be writing in this field for ring main and
lighting circuits?

Well the easy answer is EEBADS as the work is designed and installed
to the 16th and there was no such thing as ADS in the 16th.


Thanks Adam


Can I still claim EEBADS, when Mr B has stated that no additional
bonding is required in the kitchen?
Was this a general term to cover all domestic work whether
equipotential bonding is provided in that particular area or not?

Yes, it was the 16th edition version of ADS. The fact that you have not
actually installed any equiptential bonding is irrelevant.


--
Adam