2007-08-01
The guidance fully recognizes that unearthed lighting circuits do not comply with BS7671. in following the guidance, the installer accepts this and must be satisfied that all new work on any particular installation addresses the risks.
In all cases, the initial approach should be to persuade the customer that protective conductors should be provided.
This guidance has been produced by the Electrical Safety Council in association with ECA, NICEIC and SELECT, and is intended to promote best practice. By following the guidance it is considered that the installer will have provided protection for the customer so far as is reasonably practicable.
The purpose of the guidance is to protect customers and installer against dangerous situations that could arise from an old installation where an installer is replacing a consumer unit or other main switchgear in a home built before 1966 and wired in accordance with the 13th Edition, or earlier, of the IEE Wiring Regulations. These regulations did not require a protective conductor to be taken to every lighting point and related accessory as is the current requirement.
This guidance applies only to the reconnection of existing lighting circuits, in domestic premises, that do not have circuit protective conductors (cpcs).
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