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Spider

Jan 1, 1970
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With the proposed changes to the building regs regarding the certification
of the installation, an article in electrical review suggests the only way
to be 'recognised is by joining NICEIC.

Is this correct, as a sole trader electrician with C&G 236/1, 236/2, 236
'C', 238,2400, and 2391 what more do I have to do!!!

Anyone in a similar position

Regards

Ian
 
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Andrew Gabriel

Jan 1, 1970
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With the proposed changes to the building regs regarding the certification
of the installation, an article in electrical review suggests the only way
to be 'recognised is by joining NICEIC.

Is this correct, as a sole trader electrician with C&G 236/1, 236/2, 236
'C', 238,2400, and 2391 what more do I have to do!!!

Please complain to your MP -- at this stage, this is the only chance
of any change in the proposed legislation (and it's getting rather
late for even that).

The proposed changes are ridiculas, and are all justified by an error
in the calculations for electrical fatalities (i.e. including deaths
due to electrical appliances, which are by far the majority).

Many people pointed this out in during the original consultative
period, but this error was ignored. There is much speculation about
what the real aim of the legislation is, but it's clear to just
about everyone that it's nothing to do with safety, as it's likely
to increase the number of deaths due to electrical incidents.

If you want to read my original response to the proposals, it's
still available here: http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/buildregs.pdf
It is too late to submit further formal responses now, so the route
you must follow now is via your MP.
 
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Andrew Gabriel

Jan 1, 1970
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With the proposed changes to the building regs regarding the certification
of the installation, an article in electrical review suggests the only way
to be 'recognised is by joining NICEIC.

Is this correct, as a sole trader electrician with C&G 236/1, 236/2, 236
'C', 238,2400, and 2391 what more do I have to do!!!

Anyone in a similar position

BTW, you might want to look in on uk.d-i-y where this topic has
been (and continues to be) discussed. There are quite a number
of electricians in a similar position to yourself in that newsgroup.
 
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s

Jan 1, 1970
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i am in same position as you,i will be interested to see what happens.could
this be bully tactics from the nic big boys?
 
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