On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:13:46 +0100, Stefek Zaba
wrote:

Bob wrote:

I understood that when the regs come in, the wiring colours would be
changing, enabling inspectors to identify new work.

It's not quite as deliberately coordinated as that, I don't think, but
it is suggestive/indicative, since the changes occur within a year of
each other. "The New Colours" meaning for ornery T&E a change to brown &
blue for L and N respectively, to match the much-loved code for flexes.
You remember - the one the wags tried to make us remember as "ah, well,
that dark brown's the same colour as the earth, so it must be for E; the
bright blue's electric-blue, innit, so that'll be L where all the
electrickery comes from; and the stripey one can't make up its mind what
colour to be, so it's a middle-of-the-road thing, which must mean
Neutral'. [No, that's NOT what the colours really mean. It's a *joke*,
alright?]

Stefek

You can buy new coloured cable now, so it would be legitimate to say
that you did the work before the introduction of Part P.

Considering the practicalities, it seems to me that there are three
scenarios where the issue comes up:

- new and additional building work involving a building control notice
or application. An inspection gets done.

- something bad happens such as this Darwin situation, or a fire etc.
Officialdom gets involved and it's determined that the householder
DIYed the job and it wasn't inspected. Really all that has changed
is that an offence will have been committed.

- the house is on the market and the issue comes up with solicitor'q
questions. Thi s is a moot point, because the purchaser will
probably get an electrical inspection done anyway.


..andy

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