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Re: working on gas cookers information
this subject has been a grey area for years, make it simple, gas, dual fuel, just dont do it.
Bob.
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Here is a couple of quotes straight from the
Gas Safe RegisterI quote from technical bulletin 43 dated 25/8/2011
Where an electrical contractor is installing or maintaining electrical components of a gas sytem, e.g. solenoid valves, pumps, time switches, providing this work does not involve disconnection of a gas fitting, i.e. breaking into the gas path or combustion sysytem, registration with Gas Safe Register is not necessary
Also in technical bulletin number 25 dated 10/12/2010 it says,
The disconnection/reconnection ( at the same location ) of a self sealing appliance connector following installation is not deemed “gas work” and therefore may be carried out by non registered person(s), for example, when a home owner temporarily removes the cooker when cleaning. However when any person who is at work, disconnects or reconnects a self sealing connector they must be competent to a level that will ensure that the installation is not allowing gas to escape
AS Lee8 said above there is no need for a non Gas Safe technician to test any part of the pipework and it is not his responsibilty to know if the installation is safe.
John
Re: working on gas cookers information
johnmac11 wrote:AS Lee8 said above there is no need for a non Gas Safe technician to test any part of the pipework and it is not his responsibilty to know if the installation is safe.
……..it’s such a comfort to know that, after all who gives a monkeys anyway, as long as the fan element works or the sparker now sparks, bu$$er the gas!
Is it best to insist on cash and not to leave a receipt?
I’m jesting by the way to all of the above and please don’t take offence. But the regulations are ridiculous in the extreme to openly permit such a potentially dangerous practice open season for any idiot to fix a dual fuel or gas hob…madness, pure and simple madness! 👿
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We have always done repairs to dual fuel appliances, it is within the laws and regulations, i also consider the fact that we are competent enough not to damage or make the appliance unsafe and if we were to by accident affect the safty of the gas side then we consider ourselves competent enough to get a gas safe person to visit and correct.
Also i believe that not all appliance engineers are Qualified electricians, so maybe we should ban non qualified electricians from touching the electrical parts of appliances.
I can see nothing wrong by working with in the regulations and laws and ultimately using best practice when doing so.Did you know that you could pass your driving test on your 17th birthday and the next day race off down the motorway in a Ferrari, perfectly legal, madness yes, simple madness. The world is full of idiots that have the capability of killing someone one way or another.
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