santa on the roof and part P

[jim_in_sussex]

Santa, sledge and reindeer are all over the place this year - flying over roofs, climbing up walls: you name it.

Lots of these look to be pretty firmly fixed 'garden' electrical installations.

So will they be legal next year? That is, without a building notice or installation by a paid up part P sparky.

Ok, so most are on a 13A plug, but does that affect the issue? My reading of Part P is that it is the nature of the installation (ie whether it is fixed/screwed/bolted/nailed/clamped/glued to the building or garden grounds) that matters, not its manner of connection to the elec supply.

[Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot]

I do bloody hope not!

Si

[Mike]

It can be read that way but isn't the intention. Otherwise too much would be brought into the scope of it. Everytime you bought a built in fridge for example.

[John Rumm]

You can live in hope I suppose ;-)

I expect the santa counts as an "appliance" in this case. Unless the lighting setup is so vast it is hard wired into dedicated ways on a consumer unit that is!