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On 21 Jul,
"BigWallop" wrote:


"Dark Angel" wrote in message
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"AJB" wrote in message...
(And it's now illegal, anyway, in a bathroom).

Unless of course you notify your local council's "building control
dept"
beforehand, and have them check the installation afterwards (for the
princely sum of £75), but then if you don't tell them who's to know
what
you're doing in your own home?

(disclaimer: not that I advocate illegal activities of course, merely
highlighting a point).


It's actually classed as changing like for like in this case, and so
does
not need to be notified to the BCO office.

If the OP was changing the wiring and the style and position of the
light
fitting, then the installation would need to be certified by a
registered
electrical company, or through the notification scheme now rallied in
the
Part P building regulation amendment. But he's not.

But he isnt changing like for like. He's replacing an incandescent holder
for
a flourescent fitting.

B Thumbs


But he's not changing the position of the fitting, or introducing any new
wiring configurations into the scheme. The light fitting isn't of a hugely
differing load to any other normal light fitting, and because it's of a
different means of light production makes no difference in this either.
It's classed as a swap like for like in this case.