Milford Haven eh? It looks like a nice civilised place that would have good earthing supplied to its homes.
My profile picture is me sat outside the cafe on The Strand in Saundersfoot when I went over to do a job in Milford Haven and booked a B&B in Saundersfoot so I could do a another job on the way back, been there done that. The electrical installation was dire, in addition to what I actually went to do the customer asked me to sort out the lighting that had been installed for a loft conversion on the stairs and landing, because the decorator had had a go at replacing the light switches with blingy polished chrome switches and they did not work, the guy who had wired the loft conversion lights had bought a roll of 3C&E and used it for everything, I wasn’t surprised the decorator lost the plot, I took all the fittings off then sorted and oversleeved the conductors, earthing the unused conductors then refitted the switches, all for a cup of tea and a biscuit.
So from personal experience I cannot say standards are high over there, but then the standard isn’t particularly high anywhere in England and Wales, so I don’t know why anyone would be surprised.
I was back over that way a few weeks ago and the earthing system on the overhead cables is TNS, but that hasn’t been used the installation is TT earthed, as I commented in another discussion. There are things over there which you don’t see in the rest of the UK, but you really need to get a grip on just how old some of the suppliers and installation cabling and equipment really is throughout the UK. I see installations that were genuinely installed before the war in the 1930’s and 40’s with original equipment and cables still in use.
The relevance being that when you go into do an EICR you cannot be complacent and make assumptions that it will be okay based on first impressions, you need to get a general feeling about the quality and condition of the existing installation, then home in on alterations such as for a loft conversion and kitchen replacement.
Milford Haven eh? It looks like a nice civilised place that would have good earthing supplied to its homes.
My profile picture is me sat outside the cafe on The Strand in Saundersfoot when I went over to do a job in Milford Haven and booked a B&B in Saundersfoot so I could do a another job on the way back, been there done that. The electrical installation was dire, in addition to what I actually went to do the customer asked me to sort out the lighting that had been installed for a loft conversion on the stairs and landing, because the decorator had had a go at replacing the light switches with blingy polished chrome switches and they did not work, the guy who had wired the loft conversion lights had bought a roll of 3C&E and used it for everything, I wasn’t surprised the decorator lost the plot, I took all the fittings off then sorted and oversleeved the conductors, earthing the unused conductors then refitted the switches, all for a cup of tea and a biscuit.
So from personal experience I cannot say standards are high over there, but then the standard isn’t particularly high anywhere in England and Wales, so I don’t know why anyone would be surprised.
I was back over that way a few weeks ago and the earthing system on the overhead cables is TNS, but that hasn’t been used the installation is TT earthed, as I commented in another discussion. There are things over there which you don’t see in the rest of the UK, but you really need to get a grip on just how old some of the suppliers and installation cabling and equipment really is throughout the UK. I see installations that were genuinely installed before the war in the 1930’s and 40’s with original equipment and cables still in use.
The relevance being that when you go into do an EICR you cannot be complacent and make assumptions that it will be okay based on first impressions, you need to get a general feeling about the quality and condition of the existing installation, then home in on alterations such as for a loft conversion and kitchen replacement.
