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Certification of electrical appliance

Alison Hodge

In the Church of England Faculty Rules, they stipulate the following: 

"For the purposes of Schedule 1 and work to an electrical installation or electrical equipment,

“accredited certification scheme” means a scheme of product conformity certification for industrial
and commercial electrical work which applies to the work that is to be carried out and which is

accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)." 

How can we as church users get an item of electrical equipment tested to comply with this statement please? We have designed a small heater unit to reduce the moisture in church bell ropes. Many thanks indeed. 

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    Hi Alison,

    As an ex-Churchwarden at our local CofE church, I feel your pain with the Faculty requirements.

    I am assuming that you didn't manufacture the heater from scratch but rather assembled manufactured components to make the heater. As long as the component parts are all either CE (or UKCA) marked or specified to meet a relevant standard then as Stephen says you can self-certify the product as compliant and CE/UKCA mark your heater. However you need to be aware of what directive(s) you are required to comply with (I presume the low voltage directive might be the only relevant one here, but there could be others).

    I don't know which Diocese you come under but where we are getting a Faculty approved is a nightmare and if you have similar problems I would suggest that if part of your application is that you will have the heater installation certified by a registered electrician it might help the Faculty process.

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    Thanks Alasdair

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