On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:44:23 +0000, K wrote:

BoyPete writes
Janet Tweedy wrote:
My pond pump has given up the ghost, so I went out and bought a new
one. The has sudden thought - isn't there some sort of legal
requirement about who installs/ repairs pond pumps or rather home
electric's now? My brother and I put the pump in about 12 years ago
and so we just buried a cable in the ground in a conduit pies and
fixed everything together.
Do I have to get a specialist electrician in or a special pond
person? I don't want to find that I am outside the law when we come
to sell the house.

janet

Have a read here,......
http://www.niceic.org.uk/consumers/partp1.html

Also click the garden hazard link on the right of the page. I think the new
reg only apply to new installations. So I'd imagine if you just change the
pump, you will be ok legally. That's just my 'opinion'.

Note that both this and the IEE page refer to the ODPM guide for
consumers on the subject, but of course the ODPM is no more, and neither
of these links take you to whichever govt dept now deals with this ...

And no, Nick, this isn't an invitation for you to take another
side-swipe at civil servants.

What was that phrase..'The road to hell is paved with regulations'..?


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Chris

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