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The future of residential building electrical installations

Arran Cameron
This is a spin-off from the discussion What is the best way to wire ceiling lights.


What do you think is the future of residential building electrical installations in 20 to 30 years time? Will they in modern and modernised houses be significantly different from what they are today or will they most likely be barely changed from what they are today?


Will consumer demand be a driving force for change or will electricians only make changes from the status quo in order to comply with updated wiring regs?
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    It is very difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, as someone once said. I will still take a punt, though.

    The differences between domestic installations now and twenty years ago are not too great, even though it might seem that they are. Increased use of RCDs and the introduction of AFDDs together with a change from plastic enclosures might seem quite a lot, but essentially it is just the CU that has changed. I will take a guess and say that the biggest change will be the non-standard installations where residential buildings have solar cells introduced and supplement them with the use of battery storage. Bearing in mind the UN meeting this week and the talks on climate change, there may be a push for new build residential homes to be carbon neutral with all the problems advantages this brings. However I think this will be a political driving force rather than from consumer demand. I also think it will take the wiring regs a decade to catch up (unless they are smart and start planning for it at the next update).

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    It is very difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, as someone once said. I will still take a punt, though.

    The differences between domestic installations now and twenty years ago are not too great, even though it might seem that they are. Increased use of RCDs and the introduction of AFDDs together with a change from plastic enclosures might seem quite a lot, but essentially it is just the CU that has changed. I will take a guess and say that the biggest change will be the non-standard installations where residential buildings have solar cells introduced and supplement them with the use of battery storage. Bearing in mind the UN meeting this week and the talks on climate change, there may be a push for new build residential homes to be carbon neutral with all the problems advantages this brings. However I think this will be a political driving force rather than from consumer demand. I also think it will take the wiring regs a decade to catch up (unless they are smart and start planning for it at the next update).

    Alasdair
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