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C&G Indicates lack of qualifications for Electricians and EV charger installs

GTB

Morning All,

Just was made aware of this article and doesnt really surprise me to be honest:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-11054445/Concerns-raised-safety-electric-car-charge-points.html

So goes back to the concerns I always have about what due diligence the "Duty Holder" or indeed the householder etc carry out to make sure the installer is competant for the task to be performed. I doubt this just relates to householders employing "electricians" direct themselves, but also to those charging companies and EVSE suppliers that send a man in a van out to do the install.

I appreaciate, those that do complete the C&G course can still go on and make mistakes and carry out dangerous and shoddy work, but logic indicates they should be less likley to do so than those with no training a flick thru Section 7 in the regs and carry on oblivious to what the results of their actions may be.

GTB

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  • Andy

    Many thanks for posting the link.

    So a real achievement with the improvement over the previous audit with CPS registered contractors now achieving full compliance with BS 7671 on 17.3%  on their brand new installations? Looking at this from the other direction 82.7% of brand new EV installations by registered contractors do not comply with BS 7671.

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  • Andy

    Many thanks for posting the link.

    So a real achievement with the improvement over the previous audit with CPS registered contractors now achieving full compliance with BS 7671 on 17.3%  on their brand new installations? Looking at this from the other direction 82.7% of brand new EV installations by registered contractors do not comply with BS 7671.

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  • in reply to John Peckham

    Looking back there was actually a link in the article referred to.

    Describing it as “leaked” was an attempt to sensationalize the story.  

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