VoltiBULLETIN - July 2006 - Minimum number of socket & electrical installation testings - Part 1
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In this VoltiBULLETIN you can learn about the issue of the minimum number of socket outlets required in a domestic environment, as well as electrical installation testing.
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James Hunt - Editor
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Dear user,
In this VoltiBULLETIN you can learn about the issue of the minimum number of socket outlets required in a domestic environment, as well as electrical installation testing. There is so much to say on this subject that we have had to split this VoltiBULLETIN in two parts. Part 2 will be published later on this month and will include an online CPD.
Typically, many homes, even new ones, have very few sockets installed compared with what is actually required for safety as well as for convenience. This needs to change, as more and more electrical appliances and electronic products are being installed in the average home. The result is that the few sockets provided are often overloaded – sometimes dangerously so. Experience shows that most people are quite happy to use adaptors and extension leads. This results in trailing wires and can cause overloading, leading to fire risk. There is also an increased risk of electrocution because of possible loss of earth. In a five year period, there were around 13,500 fires in homes that were attributed to an electrical source of ignition, with approximately 30 deaths / year attributed to electrical causes. A significant number of these would have been caused by just such overloaded socket outlets. Unfortunately, there is no specific requirement on numbers, only recommendations, so we look at the issue in this VoltiBULLETIN.
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VoltiBULLETIN
Minimum number of socket & electrical installation testings
Part 1
July 2006
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1. Socket outlets - the minimum for safety
Voltimum UK Managing Editor James Hunt introduces the topic of the minimum numbers of electrical socket that should be installed for safety in the home. He also looks briefly at testing domestic wiring installations...
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2. Adequate provision of electrical socket outlets in the home
The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) examines the issues concerning the minimum numbers of socket outlets in the home in this very useful .PDF document (59.6 KB file size). Please note though, that this is only a DRAFT document, as the issues are still being discussed...
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3. Standard circuit arrangements for socket-outlet circuits
NAPIT considers the standard circuit arrangements for socket-outlet circuits in this 2-page downloadable PDF document....
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4. Socket to 'em
Why do builders still manage to provide too few socket outlets in the home? Electrical & Mechanical Contractor magazine’s editor Andrew Brister reports...
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5. Domestic electrical safety
This Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) document (.PDF 44.8kB) looks in brief at all issues concerning the safety of electrical installations in the home. Please note that although this is useful document in general terms, certain references (eg: Part P of the Building Regulations) are now out of date, as the regulations themselves have now been superceded...
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6. Is there a struggle for power in your home?
This short but excellent .PDF document (153kB) by the Copper Development Association looks, as its title implies, at the minimum number of socket outlets that should be required, giving useful advice in a clear, concise and simple way...
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7. Electrical convenience in new build homes
In a second .pdf document (rather longer at 624kB file size) by the Copper Development Association, the results of a survey into whether owners of two-year old homes were satisfied with the level of ‘electrical convenience’ provided – including, of course, socket outlets. Though carried out in 2000, this survey is, never-the-less, very revealing and very relevant today...
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