Major Rule Change: RCDs Must be Added in Rented Sector

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The death of a pensioner prompts calls for better installation of prepayment meters…
…Scotland makes RCDs compulsory in rented properties…
..and a spate of electrical fires across the UK ends in tragedy…
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00:00 Electrical News Weekly 28th Feb 2024
00:43 Pensioner dies whilst trying to reach a pre-payment meter
01:30 Scotland is making RCDs compulsory in rented properties
02:54 RCD requirement could be introduced across the UK after spate of electrical fires
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@stevejagger8602 2 ай бұрын

On lending tools - absolutely not. My father was an engineer and he taught me that lending tools can lead to a broken friendship. He said that tools are personal to what you need to carry out your work. If you damage or break a tool its your own fault. If someone else loses, doesn't return, or breaks a tool then all respect and trust is lost.

@davideyres955 2 ай бұрын

My mother said only lend something you are prepared to lose it. Learnt that lesson once and if I’m not prepared to lose it I do not lend it. Someone at work wanted to borrow my thermal camera and I declined as I didn’t have the money to replace it if they broke it.

@mra813 2 ай бұрын

My grandfather always said, don't lend out your tools or your wife... and in that order!

@mihailblues200 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and Cauliflower. I'm a self-employed solo worker. Never would I ever lend equipment. I do mainly maintenance and not having a certain tool available could affect my performance or the quality of the work.

@ANTHONYBOOTH 2 ай бұрын

I remember the days without RCD's on my TV repair bench; - I remember also fixing washers, fridges and cookers - things used to REALLY go BANG!!! ...by age 12 I had created my fist mushroom cloud on my workbench ...it was a good 2 ft tall!!!

@sergiofernandez3725 2 ай бұрын

There was also a fire on the roof of a Lidl distribution warehouse recently. Could be a Solar PV issue

@DofTF 2 ай бұрын

"A Spate of Electrical Fires" Three domestic fires spread across the country 😂 I really don't think you can include a substation fire in those figures 😂

@santorini8423 2 ай бұрын

In the same timescale, there were 5 alien abductions😂

@A.Y.A 2 ай бұрын

The selected words of the week are lumberjack and cauliflower . And as always thank you very much. It's really fun to see the electricity news, I appreciate it very much

@MrTillychicken 2 ай бұрын

When the Fire Service report an electrical fault as cause of fire there is often no distinction between the fixed wiring catching fire or a portable appliance, there has been a big rise in poor quality e-scooter battery packs catching fire when charging, we had one today in Tipton, lethal. Even Artisan posted a video about a consumer unit fire which was inaccurate as the board was in an area which caught fire damaging the board, the board was not the cause……😮

@MartynDuerden Ай бұрын

My question would be…. How are you getting a Satisfactory ‘report’ confirming the installation ‘meets’ the 18th edition in accordance with the Law which has no RCD’s ?

@chrisardern4594 2 ай бұрын

Any up to date news about EV home chargers especially being fitted to the home wall. I believe that EV chargers in a commercial or industrial units now have to be 3 meters from any building.

@chrisardern4594 2 ай бұрын

Aren't most rental home fires caused by the tenants buying the cheapest multi plugs that are made in China and dont meet the BS standard then overloading them. I mention this as Big Clive posted a breakdown of one of these and even though it had a BS standard stamp on it it was not safe as it was made with under size cables and connectors.

@DevAnubis 2 ай бұрын

(Dodgy imported products aside) isn't that another way of saying that most landlords are providing a bare minimum of sockets, unsuitable for modern living?

@chrisardern4594 2 ай бұрын

@@DevAnubis yes but when you consider that most houses up for rent are the older type and are not covered under the NICEIC rules for electrical outlets per room. As long as the property has a EICR to establish that the electrical installation is satisfactory the landlord has fulfilled his obligations. It's up to the tenant to purchase from a reputable source a multi socket after all it's their life we could be taking about. Also when a tenant leaves a property it's up to the landlord to have a EICR completed even if the tenants were short term this it to make sure the tenants haven't altered the installation and it's safe for the next tenants but I dont know any LL that do this.

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

@@DevAnubisNo. Completely unrelated. The number of power sockets in the home is absolutely nothing to do with where the tenant buys their USB chargers from or other products from, or vice versa. Think about it. Insufficient power sockets mounted on the wall in a room can be easily extended using fused extension cables.

@DevAnubis Ай бұрын

@@chrisardern4594 legal requirements on landlords in this country are a joke at best, but it's astonishing how many people simultaneously hold the contradictory thought that landlords can provide a bare minimum service/standard but also that free markets produce good outcomes for consumers...

@DevAnubis Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 who said anything about chargers? This comment thread is about a socket expander which was not up to stand. The need for such an expansion is entirely and 100% due to a need for more sockets than are present. End of.

@OprichnikStyle Ай бұрын

is it possible to do the EV charger installation course from another country?

@aadd3538 Ай бұрын

Height regulation are already active. Faulty heater cable may have been not evident during previous EICR.I had an electric heater that caught on fire due to heater cable stretched by a child standing on the cable loop.

@ianmorgan8558 2 ай бұрын

If you read the "landlord" legislation for Wales, it states RCDs to be provided.

@eliotpalfreman1232 2 ай бұрын

Costa del Watford and lumberjack? If not those are great additions anyway

@ANTHONYBOOTH 2 ай бұрын

as for lent out tools; - if all of my tools which I had lent out were to be returned to me in one lot then I would need a 40 ft container...

@rayoflight62 Ай бұрын

When you install a 30 mA residual current breaker in a decades-old house wiring system, it could well be that some devices will cause the RCD to trip. In the specific, it could be an old boiler; all kinds of external lighting wiring, or some old white goods like old washing machines. The discovery of such failing appliances or leaky house wiring is a positive event because such current leaks to ground can develop further and start a fire later. The problem is, the landlord begins an upgrade process to meet the new regulation, presumably costing a couple hundred pounds, and ends up with rewiring all external lighting, with a faulty (20 years old) boiler, and washing machine where the motor and start capacitor are so leaky to warrant a replacement. Not to mention the current leaks in wall sockets where the walls are mouldy or humid. Not to mention an old or defective earth ground main connection point. I mean, there is a risk - in the case of old houses - the began a £200 job and ending with a £2,000 bill. Money aside, such findings are always good, because it is one likely fire risk removed. Regards, Anthony

@grahameida7163 2 ай бұрын

If the meter were to be replaced then it will always be a smart meter, that has a PrePayment consumer access device if the signal does not get through?

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

No, they don't work like that. Your electricity account is either set to prepayment or it is not. The taking of readings and communication of those back to the electricity supplier is quite a separate thing. If there is no signal, then it's down to you to take manual readings and get them to the supplier, either by telephone or internet.

@grahameida7163 Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 so the regulations say “no backward steps” so a energy provider must install a smart meter where prepayment is needed. The comms provider must provide communications to the meter somehow (either by direct or mesh comms hubs). Also all pre payment installations must have a pre payment access device (PPMID) where if the signal to the DCC is lost for some reason the payment code can be manually typed in remote from the meter.

@christastic100 2 ай бұрын

Not a lender nor borrower be . As the saying goes in the north

@erikgag Ай бұрын

Wait RCDs Arent Compulsory in the UK? Here in germany they were compusory in bathrooms from 1984, and they are Compulsory in every Circut with sockets, Since 2009.

@efixx Ай бұрын

They are but this regulation is retrospective with rented accommodation.

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

New installations and where changes are being made to existing installations, RCDs must be fitted. This rule has existed for quite a few years. But there are many houses which have electrical installations which predate the RCD regulation, and there is no obligation on those home owners/landlords to have RCDs fitted. Each time new regulations come out, there is no obligation on people to bring their electrical installations up to compliance to those latest regs. Consequently there are many properties, both rented (council and privately rented) and home owner owned properties which do not have RCDs fitted.

@MarcusNailor 2 ай бұрын

Tough one.. quite a few choices! 👀 Lumberjack & cauliflower 🤞

@brianknight4595 2 ай бұрын

Can you tell me in order to power 2 power point plus 2x6’ led tube in my new shed to power by sola cheers brian

@Electronics-Rocks 2 ай бұрын

Not just high up but ours is on the floor!

@HeathenGeek 2 ай бұрын

0:44 someone should be in fkn JAIL for that!

@TestGearJunkie. Ай бұрын

Rental properties.. Ok, so what about council flats etc.? I live in a council flat in Scotland, doesn't that rule apply..? In my case it doesn't matter, as we have RCBOs across the board, but there must be plenty of council properties that don't. Why is this rule specific to private rentals..?

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

Because it prevents the council having to spend money. Not having it apply to council properties isn't about safety. Ironically it is probably the council tenants that need RCDs more than anyone else. The extra money the councils will need to find to fund it, will mean council tax needs to rise. And that then becomes a political matter. Scottish government is thinking about its election prospects.

@TestGearJunkie. Ай бұрын

@@deang5622Well the Stupid Numpties Party isn't getting my vote.

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

@@TestGearJunkie. Not getting mine...but I don't live in Scotland! 🤣😹

@ThangiahGopal-iy2hg 2 ай бұрын

சிறப்பு👍

@njwareing6408 23 күн бұрын

I've not passed an EICR that didn't have an RCD, atleast to 16th edition

@rossmurdoch7870 Ай бұрын

Whenever the source of a fire is not known it goes down as an Electrical fire. Even the ones that have an Electrical ignition, will often be down to a faulty appliance or a cheapo charger not tested for our systems. I believe the Manufacturers should be held to account for their equipment. They should be forced to add proper overload protection as standard. The hardworking people in the Electrical Industry get dragged and blamed for stuff we do get wrong, justifiably. However, when idiots buy Temu phone chargers, and plug them into their B&M extension cable overnight, or assume they can just hook another 500W Halogen light above their ridiculous hot-tub, we shouldn't be held accountable. We can help people stay alive only when the are prepared to ask for it.

@posei3960 2 ай бұрын

If you have to borrow a tool more than once then you need to buy one! My tools pay my mortgage NOT YOURS

@AlexanderBukh Ай бұрын

i lended a jeep once, dude smashed it against a tree

@kendom33 2 ай бұрын

Costa del Watford. Made me laugh

@efixx 2 ай бұрын

😂 It's a bit of an in-joke, Sergio won something on the live stream one week and we were panicking thinking he was from some foreign clime due to his name so it'd cost us a fortune to send the prize. Turns out he was in Watford! 🤣

@tonywatson1412 2 ай бұрын

One could also add better quality ( brass ) terminals and design... Electrical, common sense, And thinking ahead ...after all how did we manage years ago?

@e-bikerbulgaria3000 2 ай бұрын

None for Scottish social housing then? Many don’t even manage complete five yearly test.

@martinnixon2079 2 ай бұрын

Never lend my tools !

@richardhorry 2 ай бұрын

"I have cousin...he electrician...he rewire my butcher shop...can you do me certificate?". 'Bargepole', 'touch', 'NO' and 'Get your Cousin to certify it' are words contained in my reply. Perhaps I am wrong, but Is it just me?🙂

@davidmason5163 Ай бұрын

Lend tools? Oh no, no, no! Only if I kick the bucket and bequeath it to you!

@Rivenworld 2 ай бұрын

No, never ever lend either my tools or my beloved camera equipment - period!

@eddo167 2 ай бұрын

Never a lender or Borrower Be

@jayjolley9258 17 күн бұрын

Lets face it the problem is people still having rewireable fuses and lead wiring still in the uk .

@bucklelanefarm 2 ай бұрын

Signposted lumberjack?

@mattparker7068 2 ай бұрын

lumberjack & cauliflower

@12000gp 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaw and cauliflower

@DevAnubis 2 ай бұрын

Its a bit cheeky to suggest that its taken 20 years to get to 1m EVs... Mass-produced general-sale EVs really only started with the Mitsubish iMiev and Nissan LEAF both launching in 2009. And SAE J1772 was only published in 2009 as well so who was installing EV charging points (as we know them today) in 2004 ? 15 years would be much fairer. But yes, current aales trajectory is for 2m EVs by 2025.

@icarossavvides2641 2 ай бұрын

They're NOT 'plug sockets'! They are just sockets! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@grayhalf1854 2 ай бұрын

It's "plug top" that grinds my gears! 🤨

@ianmiller3182 2 ай бұрын

At best, sockets for plugs.

@Dog-whisperer7494 Ай бұрын

There socket outlets .

@mikeedwards7173 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaws and lumberjack.(I think).

@14fy 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and cauliflower

@rickterry8148 2 ай бұрын

Unbeliveable that someone should install a prepaymen tmeter 8 foot abouve the ground, I mean, you should not need legislation to stop that, its just plain bad workmanship. My sympathies to the family, its tragic. RCD, since I left the army in 1980, I have put an rcd in every property I have lived in. I am not an electrician, nor would I profess to be , electrians are a different skillset, I am an electronic engineer, at best a competant person, The hydo have been very helpfull in letting me put rcds in. I mean, why haven't the regulations mandated this years ago, so many deaths could have been prevented, of all the stuff they have introduced, this should have been one of the first things. Of all of the vlogs you have posted, this has upset me the most by a long way, and the IET(of which I am a memeber) who set the regs, should take some responsiblity. (I think they are resonsible, please say if they are not)

@Mircea007 2 ай бұрын

Spate and cauliflower ear

@stephensmith1489 2 ай бұрын

Two words meaty and cauliflower. I used to lend tools but more often than not they were returned broken so I don't anymore.

@andrewthomas405 2 ай бұрын

Rcd should of been brought in years ago …

@OCD_Sparkies Ай бұрын

Cauliflower & boyscout

@royw.1220 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and cauliflower!

@david1977m 2 ай бұрын

Cauliflower and lumberjack

@mark_just_mark 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and Cauliflower

@RCockerlineElec 2 ай бұрын

Lumber Jack and cauliflower

@Ronny86_ 2 ай бұрын

Butchery - Lumberjack

@ianbird4737 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and cauliflower.

@Maxposion 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and Cauliflower.

@stevejacklin8462 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaw and lumberjack

@dougsaunders8109 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaw cauliflower 👍🏻

@BillsCountrysideAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Lumberjack and Califlower ear

@jonathanbuzzard1376 2 ай бұрын

The question is will an RCD reduce the instances of house fires? Seems unlikely to me and you would need AFD's for that? All that said I thought it was common knowledge that death by "electricity" was mostly caused indirectly via fires and not directly by electrocution and that electrical fires were the source of most house fires (in homes of non-smokers). All that said everyone rented or not has to have a mixture of interlinked smoke/heat/CO alarms in Scotland so it seems unlikely RCD's will save many lives from electrical fires. Not that enforcing RCD's is not a good thing, just the justification seems a bit off.

@okaro6595 2 ай бұрын

RCDs detect various current leaks and they are used also for fire protection though RCDs purely for fire protection are typically 300 mA.

@chrisjinks5197 2 ай бұрын

No RCD will not prevent all fires, there is no one magic cure, but a common fault that begins fires is a neutral to earth fault, RCDs will protect against this, so implementing them will bring fire statistics down.

@ryanfoley187 2 ай бұрын

How often are the smoke/heat/CO alarms being tested though?

@thekttravelshow0001 2 ай бұрын

Cauliflower and Costa del

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

That's 3 words. Which 2 out of the 3 are you offering up?

@zakdad8478 2 ай бұрын

Beefy and Cauliflower

@stephenllewekyn706 2 ай бұрын

Poor cow. 😢

@danielosgerby181 2 ай бұрын

Meaty Lumberjack. At least that's what they call me!

@seanthespark 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaw and meaty

@iancoles1349 17 күн бұрын

Though I do find rcds are good but why so late doing it though

@therealdojj 2 ай бұрын

Chainsaw Lumberjack

@Jasonf-km5mq 2 ай бұрын

costa and meaty

@SoraaConstruction-zl9ww 2 ай бұрын

Pretty serious video to put in meaty fine and cauliflower ear 😂

@mfjbrennan 2 ай бұрын

Generous lender and cauliflower ear.

@kevinhenryviii 2 ай бұрын

Cauliflower ear and soul

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

That's 3 words.

@kevinhenryviii Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 🙄

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

@@kevinhenryviii You're entering a competition and yet you haven't even followed the rules. Put yourself into the position of the judges, you have given 3 words and they only asked for two, which 2 of those 3 should the judges chose as your entry? And by letting you win, if the two winning words are the same as 2 words you have selected, then that is unfair on those that have followed the rules: because you have increased your odds of winning by submitting more words than is permitted. Rules which are not hard to follow. It is amazing how many people here can't follow simple instructions.

@kevinhenryviii Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 🙄🙄

@grahamwinter4665 2 ай бұрын

Juggling and lumberjack

@blow0me 2 ай бұрын

meters and consumer units should be installed where first and foremost the installer has safe access !!!! And should anyone block it, they need held liable for blocking them in, and it should be illegal to block them in

@oiuslags Ай бұрын

That’s ever Chippy locked up then

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

Safe access for the installer but not the person reading the meter?

@blow0me Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 it's so hard to read. Not even comparable to someone installing or working at. But often meters are installed outside a property, at least newer ones. But even some new installs are diabolically stupid for the consumer unit install.

@deang5622 Ай бұрын

@@blow0me My point is that the meter needs to be read multiple times per year after year after year. To not consider access for the person reading the meter is foolish. It shouldn't be an either or. Both need to be considered.

@blow0me Ай бұрын

@@deang5622 Meters are already considered, as they're installed in a Pirelli box external to the property. That's been in place for decades.

@Dog-whisperer7494 2 ай бұрын

Meaty and cauliflower

@johnwaby4321 2 ай бұрын

Probably a good call fitting rcds in rented properly. About time we upgraded things in England .. How long do you keep passing old installation without any upgrades. Lending out tools a definite no .don't get them back or get them back broke..

@roberthuntley1090 2 ай бұрын

I'm not convinced that a RCD will make a great difference to fire risk. It will greatly improve personal safety (electrocution risk), but do nothing to address live to neutral fault currents. At best, after the fault has melted the insulation away an earth leak is likely, tripping a RCD so it would be able to reduce the duration of the fault.

@Invent-eq1wl 2 ай бұрын

Wont stop electric shock unless your holding the earth too... good for nothing

@okaro6595 2 ай бұрын

@@Invent-eq1wl Almost all electric shocks are between phase and ground. I looked all the deaths in Finland 1980-2022 and could find only two between phase and neutral. RCDs are very effective in protecting against electric shocks.

@Invent-eq1wl 2 ай бұрын

@@okaro6595 you mean deaths not shocks.... 🙄... i said shocks... and "almost all" isnt all is it 🙄.... it may be effective in reducing but not preventing a shock that could kill.... its like saying if you wear a condom she may or may not give you aids 🤣

@Invent-eq1wl 2 ай бұрын

@@okaro6595 almost all isnt all.... other comment must have been deleted by people with no sense of humour

@Dog-whisperer7494 2 ай бұрын

Great new weekly as always Joe 👍

@sunset7860 2 ай бұрын

Someone borrowed a drill from me once and then turned around and blamed me because it made a hole in his door. Apparently, bad workmen blame other people for their tools too.

@PHealey1981 2 ай бұрын

Little WEG VFD there Joe?

@G1ZQCArtwork 2 ай бұрын

Words are Meaty & Juggling. And No, neither a borrower or lender be. Want a nice tool, go buy yer own.!

@bobuk64 2 ай бұрын

Or sat on the toilet

@AlexanderBukh Ай бұрын

motor control freak 🎉

@martinnixon2079 2 ай бұрын

Two words [ Gillette razor ]

@neilthomas649 2 ай бұрын

I'm not an electrical engineer and not from the UK, but I am surprised that the practice of connecting 16A socket outlets to a circuit with a 20A circuit breaker is not flagged as one of the prime causes of electrical fires! Firstly, the outlet can not maintain a current of 20A without heating up, and secondly, the device plugged in may be glowing at 18A while the circuit breaker will still be smiling! An earth leakage unit will not prevent such a situation. Surely, the regulations must be amended if commonsense can not prevail.

@kristiangoransson6104 2 ай бұрын

The UK plugs have an internal fuse that prohibits them from pulling a to high load.

@andreasu.3546 2 ай бұрын

@@kristiangoransson6104Provided it is actually present and has not been replaced by, say, an old screw.I figure, electricians doing an EICR will not go through all cupboards and boxes in the house, looking for potentially unsafe appliances .

@kristiangoransson6104 2 ай бұрын

@@andreasu.3546 I guess you have the same kind of basic rule that it’s the owner of the electrical installation that’s responsible for its safety, that’s basically how it’s done in Sweden. It’s up to the owner or renter to get the necessary work done to keep the electrical installation safe. One big thing in Sweden is that updates on the regulations doesn’t demand remedial action on existing installations. We can even add small things to the older installations in accordance with the regulations that was in effect when it was originally installed.

@okaro6595 2 ай бұрын

@@kristiangoransson6104 Which is a dirty almost an ad hoc gimmick. A socket should not be protected by the thing that is plugged in.

@okaro6595 2 ай бұрын

I do not know chi country yo are talking about. In Finland sockets are not allowed in 20 A circuits but you could really overload it with a power strip.

@Dog-whisperer7494 2 ай бұрын

I never ever lend any tools to anyone. You’re a pilchard if you do.

@r.h.8754 2 ай бұрын

Don't lend your tools out. A few years ago I lent a submersible pump to help somebody during flooding, they also hired some pumps. When the flooding subsided my pump disappeared with the hired pumps, when I eventually got it back the mains cable had been fractured - somebody tried to hide this by ty-wrapping the cable in a position where the pump worked but I ended up having to buy a new pump.

@TrystyKat 2 ай бұрын

After renting a succession of properties with RCD-less BS3036 consumer units, I welcome the rule change in Scotland and hope that it comes to the rest of the UK.

@iancoles1349 17 күн бұрын

More fires caused by letting in cheap Chinese tumbles and heaters I think.Is this another electrical money spinner again

@Invent-eq1wl 2 ай бұрын

The electrical regulations are stupid... not there to save lives just there to make money... they need to get rid of 1.5mm cable all together and stop installing outdated consumer units that still meet the regs... you cant take your plug of a lighting circuit.... well you could if someone didnt decide to save 50p on cable 😂

@thegrinch3691 2 ай бұрын

Are you suggesting using 2.5mm for lighting circuits?

@Invent-eq1wl 2 ай бұрын

@@thegrinch3691 yes and 4mm for sockets... its not the 90s its 2024 people have more electrical items these days than ever before, you only need your fridge to come on same time as the kettle and your using 26amps, not to mention your hoover, toaster 85inch tv and electric heaters.... all electrical systems and regs are out of date by about 30 years a good 30 too you know back when a family had 1 tv per house and that was only 19inch and you were lucky to own a microwave 🤣 a drill battery charger will use 6amps these days they didnt even have battery drills back then and now people are charging their cars from ordinary sockets.... so yeah bare min it should be 4mm sockets(especially if its not a ring) and 2.5mm for lighting circuits.... led transformers use a lot of amps if youve got a big room and a lot of lights a 6amp breaker aint doing it

@thegrinch3691 Ай бұрын

@@Invent-eq1wl i understand your logic but just because a plug top on these appliances has a 13a fuse in it doesn't mean its pulling 13a, same with majority of appliances. I have done plenty of domestic work and still do but never once have I seen any issues with the LV transformers on a 6a breaker (sometimes 10a if there are a lot) and wired in 1mm let alone 1.5mm. Also, although you mention the big TV's etc they are usually on separate circuits. Commercial kitchens even plug in big freezers and fridges and they are always 32a 2.5mm. Just because it may be rated at a certain ampage it doesn't mean they are using that amount. You also have to apply diversity. The regs are defo out dated but if what you mention was actually a real world problem then everyone would be having issues in their homes already, and speaking from current experience they are not.

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@@thegrinch3691 all ill say is some people use a lot of electric and not everyone lives in social housing... also not everyone wants 3 consumer units on the wall or a utility room for just your electrical panels 🙄 youll end up using more meterage of cable anyway

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@@Invent-eq1wl your using a very niche example when the regs has to deal with generalities. Do you think there are more people in social housing or more people in the type of property you were describing?