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Second-hand goods & BS1363 Plug top wiring instructions

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute state that for second-hand electrical goods:

"You must provide clear wiring instructions for the plug if it is of the rewirable kind, even if you have fitted it yourself (for example, manufacturer's wiring card fitted over the pins)."

Can anyone tell me if this is guidance from a code of practice or from a regulation? Elsewhere it's stated as a legal requirement.

  • The closest I've come to this in what is available to me is this section from The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.

    Part III, Information requirements, Regulation 13 (1) & (3)

    (1) No person shall supply, offer for supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any standard plug or conversion plug of a type approved by a notified body in accordance with these Regulations in respect of which the requirements of this Part are not satisfied.

    (3) Without prejudice to any requirement of any British Standard, where it is necessary for the safe operation of any standard plug or conversion plug that the user should be aware of any particular characteristic of the plug, the necessary information shall be given by markings on the plug itself or, where this is not practicable, in a notice accompanying the plug.

    That would seem to suggest it is in fact a legal requirement. Anyone else agree?

  • QUOTE: "...........the necessary information shall be given by markings on the plug itself.........."

    Most plug terminals are marked L,N,E so no need for a paper or card.

  • My advice would be to ask your Local Authority Trading Standards Dept about this, or search it out on-line.

  • Yes in spite of the CTSI training TS officers and being responsible for the guides on the Business Companion website as you say it defers to the local trading standards for more guidance and ultimately 'Only the courts can give an authoritative interpretation of the law.'