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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, Just to build on the previous replies, you have to split out legal requirements from internal procedures (such as CoE Facility Rules). Irrespective of the local procedures, you have a legal requirement to make sure that things that are safe (otherwise things like insurance policies etc become invalid). This is CE/UKCA Marking. In the case of a one-off product, getting it formally tested to a harmonised standard (the process of CE marking for safety), would become quite expensive. At Element (and many of the other UKAS accredited test labs), we would perform a 'basic safety assessment' to make sure that the inherent design is OK. You need to make sure you have built your product from reputable components (RS Components, Farnell etc). Following this process you will be in a position to UKCA mark the product and comply with the CofE requirements in one go.

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    Thanks Stephen - as an aside, are you based with "Element" in Malvern? 

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