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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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    A couple of years ago I went to an altered and "improved" bungalow which the customer said had been completely rewired by the builder and his mate "the electrician" despite my pointing out it still has red and black cabling. 


    The lights kept tripping randomly,  I gingerly put my head up into the loft and announced I could see the problem,  the customers said that was a quick bit of fault finding, I replied that I could see the arcing from the fault lighting up the loft,  so it wasn't hard to spot the location.  I threw the main switch before entering that loft, heaven only knows what dangers are lurking up there.


    I told them the house had not  been rewired,  but desperately needed to be done, but unfortunately I was too busy to quote.  The idea of completely ripping apart their recently refurbished home did not appeal to me.


    Andy B
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    A couple of years ago I went to an altered and "improved" bungalow which the customer said had been completely rewired by the builder and his mate "the electrician" despite my pointing out it still has red and black cabling. 


    The lights kept tripping randomly,  I gingerly put my head up into the loft and announced I could see the problem,  the customers said that was a quick bit of fault finding, I replied that I could see the arcing from the fault lighting up the loft,  so it wasn't hard to spot the location.  I threw the main switch before entering that loft, heaven only knows what dangers are lurking up there.


    I told them the house had not  been rewired,  but desperately needed to be done, but unfortunately I was too busy to quote.  The idea of completely ripping apart their recently refurbished home did not appeal to me.


    Andy B
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