skippy phillips Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Joe public needs to ensure compliance with Part Pbuilding regulations.You should not be fitting fused spurs or any electrical equipment unless you are competant to do so. If you ever sell your house or have an electrical problem and the electrics are not up to scratch, this cheapness will end up costing you more. More importantly messing with the electrics unless you are competant to do so can Kill you or a familly member/friends. Food for thought! 69649[/snapback] slightly off topic but Part P is the biggest crock of ***** ever brought in there a more holes in it than a cheap tea bag, until a Corgi style of control is brought in people will still continue to do DIY electrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Joe public needs to ensure compliance with Part Pbuilding regulations.You should not be fitting fused spurs or any electrical equipment unless you are competant to do so. If you ever sell your house or have an electrical problem and the electrics are not up to scratch, this cheapness will end up costing you more. More importantly messing with the electrics unless you are competant to do so can Kill you or a familly member/friends. Food for thought! 69649[/snapback] I'm not sure what gave you the impression I wasn't or whether you are just advising but I've dealt with lots of mains electricity related jobs in the past. I am aware of these regulations. However, running next to where the fused spur will be is a power socket already. I would class this as: "A: You do not need to tell your local authority's Building Control Department about: Repairs, replacements and maintenance work; or Extra power points or lighting points or other alterations to existing circuits" ...as it is effectively an extra power point. My query stems from ascertaining which box is best suited for the installation of an Intruder Alarm. Many thanks all. Great site - I wish I knew more about the security game to be able to contribute more and be worth registering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John C Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 You don't need a red one, and the grey is actually white. 69645[/snapback] Are you sure they are white? Looking at the picture, there seem to be two white ones but the other two on the same line look grey and the whole of the ones towards the top also look grey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Giles Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 So how many firms actually use neon unswitched spurs? I am yet to see a double pole unswitched spur fitted ever! Something the inspectorates dont even bother looking at i reckon. PG Security Systems Somerset SSAIB Certificate of Merit Installers. www.pgsecurity.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Are you sure they are white?Looking at the picture, there seem to be two white ones but the other two on the same line look grey and the whole of the ones towards the top also look grey! 69871[/snapback] Sorry, yeah, they're grey! The ones at the top of the page are normal metalclad spurs, the ones at the bottom are the keyswitched variety. So how many firms actually use neon unswitched spurs?I am yet to see a double pole unswitched spur fitted ever! 69878[/snapback] Probably because there is no such thing as a DP unswitched fused spur. Having said all this about the need for DP isolation and also not using normal DP switched fused spurs I can't say as I have ever seen a fire or intruder alarm etc... that wasn't supplied from a non-switched or switched fused spur with or without neon, i.e. never seen one of these Contactum switches fitted anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Giles Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Interesting Screwfix call the MK version DP? PG Security Systems Somerset SSAIB Certificate of Merit Installers. www.pgsecurity.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Interesting Screwfix call the MK version DP? 69996[/snapback] Good old Screwfix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Giles Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Yeah even MK dont rate them as DP ha ha PG Security Systems Somerset SSAIB Certificate of Merit Installers. www.pgsecurity.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John C Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 So if these Metalclad boxes are few and far between (and I am having fun trying to find one!) - is there any particular box someone could point me towards that will do the job of an unswitched spur where you guys would install an alarm and connect it to? Screwfix tends to be no nonsense but I can't see unswitched boxes other than the original one I posted the link to a while back... Ta muchly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian.cant Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Your local branch of CEF will sort you out im sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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