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"David Bennett" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I've a query for any electricians out there, especially 'Part P' people!
I had a central heating system fitted yesterday, but the electrician
couldn't make it out until today, when I was unfortunately back in work.
Now basically, the boiler is newly placed in the kitchen but due to it's
placement, the nearest socket is approx 2m away. Now the electrician
moaned to my fiance that they couldn't pick up the supply anywhere so has
basically clipped flex under the sink to the nearest socket and has
plugged the supply in for the boiler to a socket, using a double adaptor
shared with the washing machine plug.

Now I know that the boiler won't take much of a load, but surely it still
needs to be hard wired into a fused spare? I won't even mention that the
T+E to the room stat looks like it has been clipped by a 5 year old, or
that it took 2 of them 2½ hours to do it!!!

Pluged in or wired to a fused spur is ok.
Depending if the skt is on a ring or spur, a logical soloution would be to
take a spur of it to the boiler, with a fused spur by the boiler.

I was actually a qualified electrician (just until the 16th edition), but
haven't worked in the industry for approx 10 years, however I know when I
was working for my old firm I would have been sacked on the spot for such
a shoddy job! I take it I'm right in thinking that this shouldn't be the
standard of work expected of a professional firm?

Now I'll be ringing the heating firm tomorrow, but my fiance mentioned
that they weren't from the same firm (so obviously sub-contractors), but I
hope that they are as interested in seeing what they are paying for as I
am. Anyone got any thoughts?

Best Wishes,
Dave