I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the problem I
have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the new electrics are
being finished next week. So am I allowed to run the boiler from an
extension lead until the new wiring is in?

Paul

It shouldn't have happened but the sparky has lost the plot over part p
and doesn't know if he can do the required work as I have layed the
cable. (aaaarrrhhh stupid regs)

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Paul wrote:
I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the problem I
have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the new electrics are
being finished next week. So am I allowed to run the boiler from an
extension lead until the new wiring is in?

I'd say yes. The nonsense over Part Pee is that it only includes permanent
installations - any extension lead bodges are not covered. ;-)

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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:45:06 +0000, Paul wrote:

I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the problem I
have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the new electrics are
being finished next week. So am I allowed to run the boiler from an
extension lead until the new wiring is in?

Paul

It shouldn't have happened but the sparky has lost the plot over part p
and doesn't know if he can do the required work as I have layed the
cable. (aaaarrrhhh stupid regs)
I used to do this all the time when fitting heating. Stick a plug n
lead on the combi to get it going beofre i had done the fixed wiring.



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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:45:06 +0000, Paul wrote:

I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the problem I
have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the new electrics are
being finished next week. So am I allowed to run the boiler from an
extension lead until the new wiring is in?

Paul

It shouldn't have happened but the sparky has lost the plot over part p
and doesn't know if he can do the required work as I have layed the
cable. (aaaarrrhhh stupid regs)

Not by the book. But the risk of anything going wrong is pretty low, make
sure the fuse in the plug is 3A.



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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:45:52 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Paul wrote:
I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the problem I
have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the new electrics are
being finished next week. So am I allowed to run the boiler from an
extension lead until the new wiring is in?

I'd say yes. The nonsense over Part Pee is that it only includes permanent
installations - any extension lead bodges are not covered. ;-)

The problem is that the boiler is only allowed (enforced by CORGI
inspectors) to be powered from a FCU or an unswitched socket (this is to
ensure double pole isolation). Anyway most extension have unswitched
socket(s)!




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Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html

Paul wrote:
I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the
problem I have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the
new electrics are being finished next week. So am I allowed to
run the boiler from an extension lead until the new wiring is in?

We did, and the Building Inspectors etc didn't seem concerned.

Steve Walker wrote:
Paul wrote:

I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the
problem I have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the
new electrics are being finished next week. So am I allowed to
run the boiler from an extension lead until the new wiring is in?


We did, and the Building Inspectors etc didn't seem concerned.


great

Paul

Paul wrote:
Steve Walker wrote:
Paul wrote:

I am having a new combi boiler fitted in my new kitchen the
problem I have is the boiler is being fitted on thursday and the
new electrics are being finished next week. So am I allowed to
run the boiler from an extension lead until the new wiring is
in?


We did, and the Building Inspectors etc didn't seem concerned.


great


For about 2 days we ran the 15a immersion off it too, but the ext. cable
tended to get warmer than the water after an hour or two..... )