Your feedback on regulation issues

The only way to do this is very bureaucratic and would be a "Technical construction file" or TCF

I suspect we're stuck with manufacturer's instructions - there already needed for everything from bathroom appliances to being able to use MCBs with reduced c.p.c. (and likely ring circuits) with UK PFCs. We probably have a similar problem with published product standards (BS, BS EN etc) changing their technical content over time.


A better alternative to a TCF for every installation might be a national repository of manufacturers instructions and the like (perhaps hosted by the IET?) - ideally indexed by some unique product number that was printed somewhere on each device but also searchable on make/model/date-of-production together with an image to aid identification. It could be a requirement of the wiring regs that any item could only be installed if its instructions had been lodged in this repository by the manufacturer. (A bit like the Legal Deposit requirement that every book publisher has to give a copy of each book to the British Library). Future inspectors & designers of modifications would then have a reliable source for such information, without the inefficiency of making millions of copies across the country.


   -  Andy.

The only way to do this is very bureaucratic and would be a "Technical construction file" or TCF

I suspect we're stuck with manufacturer's instructions - there already needed for everything from bathroom appliances to being able to use MCBs with reduced c.p.c. (and likely ring circuits) with UK PFCs. We probably have a similar problem with published product standards (BS, BS EN etc) changing their technical content over time.


A better alternative to a TCF for every installation might be a national repository of manufacturers instructions and the like (perhaps hosted by the IET?) - ideally indexed by some unique product number that was printed somewhere on each device but also searchable on make/model/date-of-production together with an image to aid identification. It could be a requirement of the wiring regs that any item could only be installed if its instructions had been lodged in this repository by the manufacturer. (A bit like the Legal Deposit requirement that every book publisher has to give a copy of each book to the British Library). Future inspectors & designers of modifications would then have a reliable source for such information, without the inefficiency of making millions of copies across the country.


   -  Andy.