I presume the IET “Committee” which reviews and updates the wiring regulations, are available to make comment  / ruling on issues such as this ?

Not normal to get anything formal or binding - after all the wiring regulations are not law. But if it all goes wrong, having made a decent fist of following them helps justify your actions should it come to that …

On here you will get the combined wisdom (?) of a number of folk who have an interest, some of whom feed into the committee process, others of whom, like me for example, have no formal ‘rank’ but do bring a few years (!) of problem solving to the table.

It is considered very bad for things to be made live and used before they have been tested, and the folk doing the testing and 1st energisation are assumed skilled enough to recognise any malfunction or hazard that an ordinary person may not, and act accordingly (switch off, run away, call fire brigade, that sort of thing with escalating severity..)

There needs to be a clear sequence so that everyone who is working on the part tested bits of the installation realises they are doing so and is suitably competent to handle any matters arising. 

Or have some one there to complete the testing concurrently if in advance is not possible.

Mike

I presume the IET “Committee” which reviews and updates the wiring regulations, are available to make comment  / ruling on issues such as this ?

Not normal to get anything formal or binding - after all the wiring regulations are not law. But if it all goes wrong, having made a decent fist of following them helps justify your actions should it come to that …

On here you will get the combined wisdom (?) of a number of folk who have an interest, some of whom feed into the committee process, others of whom, like me for example, have no formal ‘rank’ but do bring a few years (!) of problem solving to the table.

It is considered very bad for things to be made live and used before they have been tested, and the folk doing the testing and 1st energisation are assumed skilled enough to recognise any malfunction or hazard that an ordinary person may not, and act accordingly (switch off, run away, call fire brigade, that sort of thing with escalating severity..)

There needs to be a clear sequence so that everyone who is working on the part tested bits of the installation realises they are doing so and is suitably competent to handle any matters arising. 

Or have some one there to complete the testing concurrently if in advance is not possible.

Mike