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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 77099" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>Well I just had a chat to a Reg P contractor about this little shindig. It is all about the colour of the cable don't you know! We in The UK in our infinite wisdom have adopted the EU standard for FIXED household cabling. This means that yer regular twin and earth is now Brown and Blue not red and black. Thus when you do any DIY electrical jobs at home, Unless you have a supply of cable at home with the old spec, one look at the consumer unit and a surveyor will know that this has been done recently. he will then ask for your certificate from building regs which should be issued by the installer. </p><p></p><p>This would have worked perfectly for them except that the new spec cable has been in use by installers for the last 12 months so there is no way now that they can prove if the work was done prior to Jan 2005 or not. You think that is bad you should see what confusion is taking place on industrial with the three phase changes completely stopping industry in it's tracks !!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 77099, member: 186250"] Well I just had a chat to a Reg P contractor about this little shindig. It is all about the colour of the cable don't you know! We in The UK in our infinite wisdom have adopted the EU standard for FIXED household cabling. This means that yer regular twin and earth is now Brown and Blue not red and black. Thus when you do any DIY electrical jobs at home, Unless you have a supply of cable at home with the old spec, one look at the consumer unit and a surveyor will know that this has been done recently. he will then ask for your certificate from building regs which should be issued by the installer. This would have worked perfectly for them except that the new spec cable has been in use by installers for the last 12 months so there is no way now that they can prove if the work was done prior to Jan 2005 or not. You think that is bad you should see what confusion is taking place on industrial with the three phase changes completely stopping industry in it's tracks !!!! [/QUOTE]
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