Electrical Safety Inspections

[2-Scoops]

They can`t even question that mate, even landlords can get same treatment atmo, its law how shit is atmo. You`ll be good man really use that excuse, fuck em, whats a month or two wait, its no sweat to anyone Aspie, dont sweat it and even better if your lass is gonna give excuse to landlord. Feet up spliff in hand and a whisky/wobbly coffee comes to mind mukka

We're going with that option, mate. There wasn't a phone number in the text the mrs got so she's writing to get it so it can be put back a bit. That will give me time to take it down etc. without having to rush things.

Yes for sure Aspie, man theirs nowt down for pulling a crop mid grow, i just refuse to do it myself. Generally i cross my fingers and pray to weed gods for guidance, seems to have worked up to now and ive been at it long enough mate so im sticking with that winning recipe so to say. Anyhow chat-chit aside im sure you`ll be good doing that, theirs no way you can`t be.

Oh yes another boring story on my behalf here. So before i was slap happy just letting council worker guys in to do their jobs i used to use excuses as said usually at sisters in poor health recovering from an OP was my fave excuse and it always worked, so long story short i even had a letter from council threatening court action to get in cus i was winging it growing, anyhow it worked and i let them in after it had been grown out.

Oh you got me on one with this telling my stories lol, so here`s another. So past few years ive been getting a letter from council liason officer with an appointment ive not even made for them to come round for a chat for yearly bit of liason shit these guys do. Like fuck i was straight on phone, "so whats this about liason officer stuff coming round mine etc" he told me its a new thing and that we come round tell you whats going on in your area and any help with anything council stuff they can help with they will. i says, "listen mate if ive got a leak i phone council works depo and book an appointment myself to get it fixed, im a private person" "but this jobs it sure sounds like a made up jobby, bloody council spending my council tax on crap again, typical Labour i said its money for nowt i bet you love it and i chuckled " i then asked if these visits are compulsory, he says no i said "well your not coming round mine as said im private and can deal my own stuff up, it sure sounds a real nosey parkers job if i ever heard " . So yes every time i phone council for summink now they have me down as a private person, wtf just save all info you give these days, but yes its my house i pay rent so end of chat .

I`m sure ill be back with more boring council workers bugging us type chat-c/shit lol. In a bit Aspie

We're going to wait till chop day, then contact them. By then we should have had the jab. It's still going to kill me taking it down, but there won't be any plants to worry about, or having to take it down with short notice. The hardest part is the CF - getting it down and also when it goes back up. I breathe most of the time via the mouth, so I have to be careful with the fibreglass that's in the ducting.

The wife says I am over-reacting and paranoid. I say I just don't want the risk. If he says he won't be able to sign off the work because he couldn't do a room etc. then the landlord won't be happy because it could cost her more by having to come out again. You just don't know if you're going to have an arsehole turn up or someone who is flexible.

[MrNice]

In my experience of these things most of the lads doing the testing will be stoned or wired anyways.
I worked in social care and they were always coming round to test something or other.
The usual sparkies van smelt like Snoop Dogg was calling

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even more reason not to let the fookers in .................depends who you get

[The Aspie Toker]

Anyone know what they do to test the lights?
I know they use some kind of gadget that they plug into the plug socket to check current or whatever, but what about the lights?

[2-Scoops]

Anyone know what they do to test the lights?
I know they use some kind of gadget that they plug into the plug socket to check current or whatever, but what about the lights?

What i saw they just stick a thingi-mi-bob tester type scrogger looking thing in light switch or socket and if it turns green bingo if it turns red new switch required, same for sockets. Tbh they didn`t even test most sockets in house. But i needed a brand new fuse board cus although mine was legal council were wanting metal ones and not plastic. First bloke (the suit) was here ten mins to survey what was needed and asked if i needed any extra sockets i said "yes one in room and bottom of stairs" he didn`t look in afll rooms jusat at fuse box and fire alarms. So a week opr so later when workers arrived to do said shit, well i got a new fuse box, 2 new sockets and 3 hard wired fire alarms and 2 carbon monoxide alarms hard wired. When guys came i told them i didn`t need a fire alarm in living room he told me it was what council wanted right smack above my lazy-boy recliner, but he shown me how to remove it which i promptly did when he left when it went of as soon as i sat down vaping.

[The Aspie Toker]

Anyone know what they do to test the lights?
I know they use some kind of gadget that they plug into the plug socket to check current or whatever, but what about the lights?

What i saw they just stick a thingi-mi-bob tester type scrogger looking thing in light switch or socket and if it turns green bingo if it turns red new switch required, same for sockets. Tbh they didn`t even test most sockets in house. But i needed a brand new fuse board cus although mine was legal council were wanting metal ones and not plastic. First bloke (the suit) was here ten mins to survey what was needed and asked if i needed any extra sockets i said "yes one in room and bottom of stairs" he didn`t look in afll rooms jusat at fuse box and fire alarms. So a week opr so later when workers arrived to do said shit, well i got a new fuse box, 2 new sockets and 3 hard wired fire alarms and 2 carbon monoxide alarms hard wired. When guys came i told them i didn`t need a fire alarm in living room he told me it was what council wanted right smack above my lazy-boy recliner, but he shown me how to remove it which i promptly did when he left when it went of as soon as i sat down vaping.

Hi mate,

I've seen the gizmo they put into the plug socket and goes green (or red) but was unsure how they did the lights. The light switch is in the wall.

I took out our fire alarms as they kept going off. Right PITA trying to reach to turn the damn thing off. The last one they gave us started bleeping every couple of minutes. I replaced the battery, but still bleeped every couple of minutes. In the end I threw that one in the bin and for 2 weeks it kept bleeping away even with a battery in it.

[Marcus]

Aspie, go grab some dog shit off the street to sling around the place and borrow a neighbours cat to piss in the hallway... I can guarantee the bloke will only want to be there for 2 minutes and will spend that time outside writing you a certificate up.

But in all reality, just tell the guy he can't go in some rooms, nowt stopping you keeping stuff private. They'll just write "limitations" on the cert, meaning they haven't checked every socket.

It may spur your landlord to have a sniff around though, they're legally allowed to as part of the tenancy agreement.

You could also hang a load of clothes up in the tent and tell them it's a wardrobe.?


PS - they use these, and just plug the meter leads into them for the light circuits. https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/product ... it-adaptor
The one they shove in the plug socket with the lights just checks polarity is correct and it's all wired right. They use a similar adapter to the light ones to check the numbers and do fault testing.

I'll also say a private landlord just need the certificate for insurance and legal purposes, so won;t be bothered about 'limitations' being on there.

[2-Scoops]

Anyone know what they do to test the lights?
I know they use some kind of gadget that they plug into the plug socket to check current or whatever, but what about the lights?

What i saw they just stick a thingi-mi-bob tester type scrogger looking thing in light switch or socket and if it turns green bingo if it turns red new switch required, same for sockets. Tbh they didn`t even test most sockets in house. But i needed a brand new fuse board cus although mine was legal council were wanting metal ones and not plastic. First bloke (the suit) was here ten mins to survey what was needed and asked if i needed any extra sockets i said "yes one in room and bottom of stairs" he didn`t look in afll rooms jusat at fuse box and fire alarms. So a week opr so later when workers arrived to do said shit, well i got a new fuse box, 2 new sockets and 3 hard wired fire alarms and 2 carbon monoxide alarms hard wired. When guys came i told them i didn`t need a fire alarm in living room he told me it was what council wanted right smack above my lazy-boy recliner, but he shown me how to remove it which i promptly did when he left when it went of as soon as i sat down vaping.

Hi mate,

I've seen the gizmo they put into the plug socket and goes green (or red) but was unsure how they did the lights. The light switch is in the wall.

I took out our fire alarms as they kept going off. Right PITA trying to reach to turn the damn thing off. The last one they gave us started bleeping every couple of minutes. I replaced the battery, but still bleeped every couple of minutes. In the end I threw that one in the bin and for 2 weeks it kept bleeping away even with a battery in it.

One thing i noticed abolut the hardwired fire alarms i had fitted in comparison to the battery operated type, the battery operated are alot more sensitive always going off unlike the hardwired kind, i couldn`t have a battery kind in kitchen myself either, the only time the newer one goes of though is if im actually burning summink, lets say toast, but then again the one in living room was going off constantly, i think it had alot to do with sub-ohm vaping which produces more vapour than a real full on fire does smoke, maybe not but you get point im sure. But thery are yes very much alot less sensitive than old school kind. Word of warning though if one goes off bleeping all bloody lot do around house, dog goes crazy.

[The Aspie Toker]

Aspie, go grab some dog shit off the street to sling around the place and borrow a neighbours cat to piss in the hallway... I can guarantee the bloke will only want to be there for 2 minutes and will spend that time outside writing you a certificate up.

But in all reality, just tell the guy he can't go in some rooms, nowt stopping you keeping stuff private. They'll just write "limitations" on the cert, meaning they haven't checked every socket.

It may spur your landlord to have a sniff around though, they're legally allowed to as part of the tenancy agreement.

You could also hang a load of clothes up in the tent and tell them it's a wardrobe.?


PS - they use these, and just plug the meter leads into them for the light circuits. https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/product ... it-adaptor
The one they shove in the plug socket with the lights just checks polarity is correct and it's all wired right. They use a similar adapter to the light ones to check the numbers and do fault testing.

I'll also say a private landlord just need the certificate for insurance and legal purposes, so won;t be bothered about 'limitations' being on there.

Thanks for that, mate. The light has been working okay for 13+ years. If it were wired incorrectly, the damn thing wouldn't work. It is for a cert for insurance that landlords need.

[2-Scoops]

What i saw they just stick a thingi-mi-bob tester type scrogger looking thing in light switch or socket and if it turns green bingo if it turns red new switch required, same for sockets. Tbh they didn`t even test most sockets in house. But i needed a brand new fuse board cus although mine was legal council were wanting metal ones and not plastic. First bloke (the suit) was here ten mins to survey what was needed and asked if i needed any extra sockets i said "yes one in room and bottom of stairs" he didn`t look in afll rooms jusat at fuse box and fire alarms. So a week opr so later when workers arrived to do said shit, well i got a new fuse box, 2 new sockets and 3 hard wired fire alarms and 2 carbon monoxide alarms hard wired. When guys came i told them i didn`t need a fire alarm in living room he told me it was what council wanted right smack above my lazy-boy recliner, but he shown me how to remove it which i promptly did when he left when it went of as soon as i sat down vaping.

Hi mate,

I've seen the gizmo they put into the plug socket and goes green (or red) but was unsure how they did the lights. The light switch is in the wall.

I took out our fire alarms as they kept going off. Right PITA trying to reach to turn the damn thing off. The last one they gave us started bleeping every couple of minutes. I replaced the battery, but still bleeped every couple of minutes. In the end I threw that one in the bin and for 2 weeks it kept bleeping away even with a battery in it.

One thing i noticed abolut the hardwired fire alarms i had fitted in comparison to the battery operated type, the battery operated are alot more sensitive always going off unlike the hardwired kind, i couldn`t have a battery kind in kitchen myself either, the only time the newer one goes of though is if im actually burning summink, lets say toast, but then again the one in living room was going off constantly, i think it had alot to do with sub-ohm vaping which produces more vapour than a real full on fire does smoke, maybe not but you get point im sure. But thery are yes very much alot less sensitive than old school kind. Word of warning though if one goes off bleeping all bloody lot do around house, dog goes crazy.

I've purchased one of ebay that checks for Carbon Monoxide too. It has an optical lens that's supposed to cut down of false alarms. I think the two remaining ones we have are hardwired.

[The Aspie Toker]

@Marcus @2-Scoops I forgot to ask, does anyone know how long these inspections normally take? Thank you.