mapj1:
Indeed, and even if they do not meet the letter of the current standard as written, an RCD socket or spur is a good way of performing a cost-effective addition of a stair lift or whatever, such that the new bit is protected to a level equivalent to current standards, while the rest is no more dangerous than it was the day before.
One of the unintended consequences of regulation changes and restriction as to what is permitted, pushes up costs and in turn that does mean that the old stuff we were trying to get rid of tends to stay in service longer .
I fear that those informing the committees, live in million pound houses in the South East, all have TNC-s or TNS supplies, and think nothing of a few hundred quid here or there. Reality is that further from the centre, there is TT, there are fused neutrals, and 50 year old wiring is very much still in service on BS3036 fuses, and a CU change is an expensive luxury that may have to wait it's turn.
mapj1:
Indeed, and even if they do not meet the letter of the current standard as written, an RCD socket or spur is a good way of performing a cost-effective addition of a stair lift or whatever, such that the new bit is protected to a level equivalent to current standards, while the rest is no more dangerous than it was the day before.
One of the unintended consequences of regulation changes and restriction as to what is permitted, pushes up costs and in turn that does mean that the old stuff we were trying to get rid of tends to stay in service longer .
I fear that those informing the committees, live in million pound houses in the South East, all have TNC-s or TNS supplies, and think nothing of a few hundred quid here or there. Reality is that further from the centre, there is TT, there are fused neutrals, and 50 year old wiring is very much still in service on BS3036 fuses, and a CU change is an expensive luxury that may have to wait it's turn.
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