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VRF Equipment fed off local Lighting Circuits

Eddie Currents
What are your thoughts with VRF Equipment being fed off local Lighting circuits – For me not good practice and strongly oppose this but i cannot find a Clause anywhere in the new Regulations. Has anyone ever come across this before or am i being too pedantic ? The VRF Units will have local isolation but for me its still a problem as you will lose your Lighting if you need to switch off at the Breaker for any reason like switching for Mechanical Maintenance. 

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    Many years ago a plumber working for the Gas Board in Worcester died whilst working in a house whilst installing a new central heating system, he simply pushed a length of copper pipe under the floor board s into the void below them and the pipe went into an electrical junction box which did not have a lid on it.


    Is that the type of risk that is present, something like that would not be found and recorded by an electrician preparing an electrical installation condition report, the report also carries a disclaimer saying that issues such as that may not have been found and recorded.


    Should a domestic electrical installation be shut down and isolated every time someone enters a loft space or accesses the underfloor voids, because there are plenty of damaged and incomplete junction boxes in peoples homes as well as choc strip connectors without anything to enclose them.


    In commercial and industrial installations should not such issues be dealt with?


    Andy B.
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    Many years ago a plumber working for the Gas Board in Worcester died whilst working in a house whilst installing a new central heating system, he simply pushed a length of copper pipe under the floor board s into the void below them and the pipe went into an electrical junction box which did not have a lid on it.


    Is that the type of risk that is present, something like that would not be found and recorded by an electrician preparing an electrical installation condition report, the report also carries a disclaimer saying that issues such as that may not have been found and recorded.


    Should a domestic electrical installation be shut down and isolated every time someone enters a loft space or accesses the underfloor voids, because there are plenty of damaged and incomplete junction boxes in peoples homes as well as choc strip connectors without anything to enclose them.


    In commercial and industrial installations should not such issues be dealt with?


    Andy B.
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