Firstly, don't rely on anything albert, ever

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No, all connection's must be enclosed, so you would need to have a junction box or a chocbox even better, you can get these from a wholesaler or screwfix

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Theres no need to test if you're removing fittings, just make safe all connections, anything done after you leave is down to the person ordering or doing the work

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Not that I'm aware of
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Not exactly sure what you mean by this question. If it's a like for like swap there's no requirement to test, however regulations state that equipotential bonding must be checked before any work is carried out., and again you can't assume or rely on anything when carrying out work.

I think you will find the to-be buyers solicitor will be up in arms if you simply leave choc blocks at light fittings.

Why not simply shove up some pendants - I purchased a box of ten recently £1 each!! Yes they were new, no they were not stolen, they were acquired from a very large outlet. Cheaper than a chocbox!

Yep, nowt to do with our regs, but plenty to do with the sale of the house. If they want the old fittings they have to leave the house with the same number of light fittings in the same place as when the purchaser viewed and agreed the purchase. Normally just swap for pendant (maintenance) and do a M/W cert with the loop and what not.

If they leave nothing they could be stung badly by a suit.

[quote author=plugwash  link=1119475889/0#6 date=1119566526]surely changing the light fittings for a less desirable type between viewing and sale could cause issues with the buyers [/quote]
Depends what's listed in the fixtures & fittings list and what agreement was made between them. It's not our problem anyway, it's between the seller and buyer.

Hi, I am pleased to see that I made you all busy again...
1) this is an exchange, the builder buys the old house from my customer and sales her a new house. So you can see it can be a lots of negotiations here.
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I am holding in my hands Pendents and few jB's that I got just in case, and I paid about what you said under £10 for 4 pendents and 4 20A JBs.
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I think that I need a hint on this one...can you explain?  The minor work, cert. as you know, is not the issue, I don't want to spend to much time there when it is not necessary but I want to do the right thing...as well as I would like to give a realistic quote.
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This is something I learnt from working as a service engineer (30 years), every job order has to be written, and this one no different.
I am not worried about the legal issue, as I am doing what asked to do (in writing), please can you experts agree what would be the proper and reasonable way to do this ?, Installing the fitting in the new house is more simple, as it is brand new, I adviced the customer to make sure that the builder will provide her with all the documentations, and certificats, when I concetrated on the electrics, I mentione the Electrical installation cert., scdhedule of inspection and schedule of test resaults.

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Are you stirring it all up again Albert   [/quote]
No, I trying to make it clear...
I promise that if you find a clear answer to this one, I will let you go... 8) (don't be so happy, only on this issue.. )
My question is; after changing the light fittings with the standard pendent fittings (in the house that was sold), do I need to test the relevant circuits? I think that it is changing like with like, (I will provide a Minor works any how..).  I went to see the house and it seems that they have no problem with the main bonding, the system is TN-S, and there is a connection between the main earth terminal and the gas & water pipes, BTW- is this enough to calim that  there is an indirect protection by EEBADS? (this is as a response to Lectrician's remark...)

The rating of the pendants doesn't change? they're still Class1? then it's maintainance, not a new load point, change of class, or increased load, so MW will be the correct cert. You could however just test and record and file, as it's not strictly an alteration to the circuit. Can be handy if you just want to list a stack of similar swap-outs ie: same info as MW but just all on one letter/cert.

If there's a fault such as main bonding you shouldn't alter anything until that's sorted anyway. So if they want to shift their fittings they need to do so leaving the installation safe. (ie need would to get the bonding sorted)

To be honest, I'd just get on and change the fittings.

This is becoming far too complicated for its own good.

Firstly, its just a swap, so there's no real need for any paperwork apart from your invoice.

You haven't carried out work on other parts of the electrical installation, and if its a new build, the original contractor will have certed it all.
(Hope I'm correct here - same house as the one in your other thread?)

Bonding shouldn't be an issue if the place is new.
By all means check to see if there a 2 x 10mm cables in the CU, along with the 16mm main earthing conductor - that's as far as I'd go with it.

TT