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French Regulations

I have a friend who has bought a house in France and would like me to come over and check the electrics. Testing is the same anywhere so I can do that part.....

Does anyone have a copy of the regs for France - in English - that they could possibly share with me? Does an English translation of the French Regs exist?

I have also carried out small works in offices in Berlin, Germany - does an English translation of their regs exist? There's a reasonable hope that I might get to go back there at some point.

What are the Southern Irish Regs called please (We've done small works and lots of data in an office in Dublin) and is it any different to the northern Irish Regs? Certainly the techniques used in Dublin seem quite different to ours - and more European - than British. Clearly I can buy my own copy of these regs if I needed them as they are already in English, but I'm unlikely to use them - so if anyone could send me a copy I'd appreciate it - but its merely accedemic and out of interest to compare what I saw with regs. I know I posted on this subject before but I did not ask if any one has a copy of the regs and I did not ask about France.

Kind Regards

Tatty

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0 mapj1 over 4 years ago

Dutch you are an optimist, I think after more than 3 decades of harmonisation, you would be surprised at how different the wiring practices are in different parts of mainland Europe, let alone in the UK. Apart from the use of 230V as the single phase voltage, you will find nearly all combinations of 3 and split phase that can provide that, and varying rules on earthing and rules about local electrodes that reflect the historical wiring that underpins the LV and HV networks, which are also different

Then there are varying rules on separation or combination of lights and power circuits, now many sockets you are supposed to have, if you are allowed unearthed circuits or not if the sockets are 2 pin or it is only lights, if isolation needs to be double pole or if single pole will do, if it is acceptable to switch neutrals in 2 way lighting circuits.... Then some countries impose demand management, so there are cunning circuits to load shed water heaters or move things to another phase.

Then in the UK you will encounter flat cables, fused plugs, reduced diameter CPCs and rings, and a lack of bathroom sockets and a funny rule about metal enclosures for consumer units....
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0 mapj1 over 4 years ago

Dutch you are an optimist, I think after more than 3 decades of harmonisation, you would be surprised at how different the wiring practices are in different parts of mainland Europe, let alone in the UK. Apart from the use of 230V as the single phase voltage, you will find nearly all combinations of 3 and split phase that can provide that, and varying rules on earthing and rules about local electrodes that reflect the historical wiring that underpins the LV and HV networks, which are also different

Then there are varying rules on separation or combination of lights and power circuits, now many sockets you are supposed to have, if you are allowed unearthed circuits or not if the sockets are 2 pin or it is only lights, if isolation needs to be double pole or if single pole will do, if it is acceptable to switch neutrals in 2 way lighting circuits.... Then some countries impose demand management, so there are cunning circuits to load shed water heaters or move things to another phase.

Then in the UK you will encounter flat cables, fused plugs, reduced diameter CPCs and rings, and a lack of bathroom sockets and a funny rule about metal enclosures for consumer units....
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