How much does that mean something like a 12-way consumer unit is going to cost? I can see a lot of people living with suspect installations as a consequence.
How much does that mean something like a 12-way consumer unit is going to cost? I can see a lot of people living with suspect installations as a consequence.
It is amazing that we have survived for so long without S.P.D.s. Perhaps they are superfluous. Or, perhaps they are already doing their jobs hiding in computer surge arrestor adaptors, plugs or trailing sockets.
The cynic in me wonders if there is an element of work creation schemes going on here.
Cue a flood of rental properties that have just been re-wired or remediated to a good standard and certificated following the private rented sector regulations now being declared ‘unsatisfactory’ with a C2 for a missing AFDD - and landlords who may have just paid several hundred pounds for a CU upgrade now being asked to pay for the same thing again in around 5 years.
I'm sure none of the learned on here would do such a thing and all would apply common sense and say that a missing AFDD is a C3 in a single dwelling - wouldn't you?
This is a news article from last year when the DPC came out. We do not know what is in the finished standard yet. It is likely that AFDDs will be mentioned in some form, but we will have to be patient a bit longer.
I can see the ‘Deviations from BS7671’ box becoming a very busy place if AFDDs are indeed made mandatory. I for one shall not be recommending them to my customers.
Did you comment on the DPC when you were given the opportunity to submit your comments? If you did then you never know your comment may have changed the the final document. The published document will vary no doubt from the DPC but we must wait to see.
WHJ
BS 7671 does not have, unlike other standards, any provisions to allow deviations. There is no “deviations box” on the model forms so unlikely to be busy.
