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Minor work vs notifiable workA new socket on a bedroom ring. Do you have to notify it?
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Minor work doesn't involve a new circuit. It's an alteration or addition to an existing installation.
- Replacing accessories: sockets, switches, ceiling roses
- Replacing a single circuit's cable, same size and same route
- Refixing or replacing enclosures of existing components
- Adding mechanical protection to existing fixed wiring (conduit, trunking)
Also not notifiable, as long as it's NOT in a special location:
- Adding lighting points to an existing circuit
- Adding sockets or fused spurs to an existing ring or radial
- Installing or upgrading main or supplementary bonding
- An outside light or socket fed from an existing circuit, e.g. an IP65/66 socket through the wall from a kitchen socket
- A new circuit, e.g. a new cooker or shower circuit
- Replacing a consumer unit
- Any addition or alteration to circuits in a special location
EV chargers and solar PV count as notifiable, and each has its own guidance.
Electrician's Guide to the Building Regs · Notifiable work table · p.29 Highlight this table: it matters
Electrician's Guide to the Building Regs · 1.6 Non-notifiable work (list) · p.30
Plugging in an extension lead isn't installation work, because it isn't fixed wiring. Replacing twin and earth with singles in conduit is a new circuit, so it's notifiable.
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