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Splitting tails on crappy old installations.

justinneedham
Who uses the "Split the tails and ignore the faults" approach in domestic works? ( -Fondly used by many PV installers). 


-Where do you believe your responsibility ends, and how does the argument go if you might nonetheless be re-connecting tails to a potentially dangerous existing installation?
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    Yes, I seem to come across a surprising number, and recently spent a whole week fixing basic wiring faults on a three bed house which included a separate board for their PV recently installed.

    Hence I don't especially want to be part of this trend.


    Yesterday I was called to a new customer. TT supply, no up-front RCD, no RCD’s at all. Ra 160 Ohms. Wylex fuseholders,

    They have limited budget and  they are going to turn down my quote for a replacement CU. I've explained the potential dangers. 


    Meanwhile, power for their garden log cabin is a “Must have”. I’m pretty sure that someone will be along to split the tails and just get on with it. Doing half a job “properly” implicitly acknowledges the potential dangers of what is there already. It’s a place I’ve avoided so far.

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    Yes, I seem to come across a surprising number, and recently spent a whole week fixing basic wiring faults on a three bed house which included a separate board for their PV recently installed.

    Hence I don't especially want to be part of this trend.


    Yesterday I was called to a new customer. TT supply, no up-front RCD, no RCD’s at all. Ra 160 Ohms. Wylex fuseholders,

    They have limited budget and  they are going to turn down my quote for a replacement CU. I've explained the potential dangers. 


    Meanwhile, power for their garden log cabin is a “Must have”. I’m pretty sure that someone will be along to split the tails and just get on with it. Doing half a job “properly” implicitly acknowledges the potential dangers of what is there already. It’s a place I’ve avoided so far.

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