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Hi
I advertised a job on what I thought was reputable website here in Dublin.
It involved putting in two sockets. The "Electrician" called around and installed one socket (Socket A), by taking power from the Day Booster switch off the Nite saver storage heater. The second (Socket B) was taken from the switch used for the Pump that is used to pump water to the taps and cisterns.
I only thought of looking for a cert of completion conformance etc after a friend told me I should have received one . Turns out the electrician was not registered (I know, I know, I should have looked for a registered electrician but I made an error on that, I wasn’t up to date on the fact that an Electrician needs to be RECI registered, to carry out work)
I was speaking to a mate of mine who is an electrician. He said his concern with the socket (Socket A) attached to the day booster switch was that it was likely not connected to the RCD switch and hence be a danger to someone using a defective device plugged in. I tested to see was the socket connected to the RCD switch, by plugging a lamp into socket A, turning it on and seeing if it remained energized, when the RCD switch was tripped. The light went out when the RCD switch was tripped meaning that socket A has RCD protection. My electrician friend told me he would happy with it as being safe.
I did a similar investigation to the socket tapped off the switch for the pump (socket B). When the RCD switch was tripped the lamp remained energized i.e. not RCD protection. I said to my electrician friend and said I had two issues with that (1) I have no RCD protection and may be danger if some plugs in a defective appliance (2) If I connected something that demands a heavy load like an Iron or electric heater a fire may occur. (Don’t fully understand myself, but apparently this circuit has a 1.5mm cable and 10amp breaker, for a socket it should be on a 2.5mm cable and a breaker under 20amps)
I see that you can report such work on Safelectric.ie, but ultimately I want to have the above situation rectified so (1) its safe and (2) Its compliant with regulations and my insurance is not compromised.
I was going to ring around various RECI electricians but they may be slow to get involved with someone elses dodge work. What should my next steps be?
Any sensible advice is greatly appreciated.
I advertised a job on what I thought was reputable website here in Dublin.
It involved putting in two sockets. The "Electrician" called around and installed one socket (Socket A), by taking power from the Day Booster switch off the Nite saver storage heater. The second (Socket B) was taken from the switch used for the Pump that is used to pump water to the taps and cisterns.
I only thought of looking for a cert of completion conformance etc after a friend told me I should have received one . Turns out the electrician was not registered (I know, I know, I should have looked for a registered electrician but I made an error on that, I wasn’t up to date on the fact that an Electrician needs to be RECI registered, to carry out work)
I was speaking to a mate of mine who is an electrician. He said his concern with the socket (Socket A) attached to the day booster switch was that it was likely not connected to the RCD switch and hence be a danger to someone using a defective device plugged in. I tested to see was the socket connected to the RCD switch, by plugging a lamp into socket A, turning it on and seeing if it remained energized, when the RCD switch was tripped. The light went out when the RCD switch was tripped meaning that socket A has RCD protection. My electrician friend told me he would happy with it as being safe.
I did a similar investigation to the socket tapped off the switch for the pump (socket B). When the RCD switch was tripped the lamp remained energized i.e. not RCD protection. I said to my electrician friend and said I had two issues with that (1) I have no RCD protection and may be danger if some plugs in a defective appliance (2) If I connected something that demands a heavy load like an Iron or electric heater a fire may occur. (Don’t fully understand myself, but apparently this circuit has a 1.5mm cable and 10amp breaker, for a socket it should be on a 2.5mm cable and a breaker under 20amps)
I see that you can report such work on Safelectric.ie, but ultimately I want to have the above situation rectified so (1) its safe and (2) Its compliant with regulations and my insurance is not compromised.
I was going to ring around various RECI electricians but they may be slow to get involved with someone elses dodge work. What should my next steps be?
Any sensible advice is greatly appreciated.