Rewiring a house in France

[Graham.]

And a sat-nav sans speed cameras.

[Graham.]

"Mason's line"? Have they got a solution for "Dixon" too?

[ARW]

Can anyone help me as to what is needed to meet their specs and regs?

[Chris Green]

Lots of MCBs, they don't do multiple sockets on one circuit. :-)

[spuorgelgoog]

Please sir, me sir!

I have un big book de le bricolage avec beaucoup de pictures de le wiring frog.

Je will scan et email les pages relevants a vous later today.

Owain

[The Natural Philosopher]

cash for bribes

[spuorgelgoog]

Dans le meantime, utilisez le Google Translate sur

which appears to be the equivalent of NICEIC.

What type of Consuel compliance certificate should we use when renovating, partially or securing a home? [security here I think means making an installation safe]

For partial renovation or security work on accommodation, the Consuel ?yellow? certificate of conformity form should be used.

What type of certificate of conformity should I obtain?

It depends on the type of room:

The ?Yellow? certificate of conformity is intended for all electrical consumption installations for domestic use, in particular for residential premises (new or renovated accommodation), for outbuildings of the accommodation (garage, veranda, barn, shed, but also swimming pool or garden shed) or for an outdoor electrical installation and garden lighting.

The ?Green? certificate of conformity is intended for all non-domestic electrical consumption installations (condominiums, certain public or private organizations or even trustees): for the common parts of buildings, subdivisions, Establishments open to the public (ERP) ...

The ?Blue? certificate of conformity is intended for all domestic electricity production installations, in particular for renewable energies (photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, cogeneration, etc.). In a new home combining traditional electrical network and electricity production, it is necessary to obtain a yellow Consuel certificate and a blue Consuel certificate.

The "purple" certificate of conformity for photovoltaic and wind energy production installations with an electrical energy storage device.

Is the Consuel conformity certificate mandatory for both new and existing?

Yes, the Consuel certificate of conformity is compulsory as soon as work is carried out to create, modify or complete an electrical installation.

Where to get the NF C 15-100 standard?

The NF C 15-100 standard can be ordered on the AFNOR, French Association for Standardization website:

Official de lelectricite-promote We also recommend the book "Electrical installations of new residential buildings" which brings together all the rules to know, recommendations and advice from the Promotelec association.

Guidance for existing buildings is here:

The NF C 15-100 appears to be the equivalent of IET Wiring Regs for new builds.

Owain

[spuorgelgoog]

You will have a 20 MB PDF by email when my tablet has squeezed it down the wifi.

Sorry that is 10x too big to put on the wiki server.

Owain

[spuorgelgoog]

The scan I have done of a French DIY book electrics chapter is at

will expire after 100 days of no download

Owain

[John Rumm]

is handy for that kind of thing...

[David Wade]

I believe that cash is bad form and could be taxable. Cognac, Champers or expensive wine is good As are truffles...

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Get to know the local Mayor very well? Brian

[tim...]

knowing the French, a French electrician

tim

[Andrew]

Yellow vest, good rioting ability, ability to shrug nonchanently, ...

I thought you could do it with ring-mains, a la UK and they would not give a flying canard ?.

[ARW]

In theory I thought you could.

[Andrew]

It's all in French :-)

(and a bit fuzzy).

Just what a sparky needs, how to wire up a TV or Phone in France.

All those MCB's, no wonder the share price of the merged Schneider/AVEVA company has gone from about £6 in 2012 to £47+ now.

[Andrew]

Reference to a book on Amazon here in this relevent thread posted by another 'nicy' -

Not sure if it is the one already scanned though

Andrew

[Andrew]

page 22 of this PDF looks like what you want :-

[newshound]

That whole chapter is a rather good summary!

[Chris Green]

Only until we leave the EU so you'd have to do it quickly! :-)

Anything 'correct' wiring wise in one country of the EU has to be OK in all the other countries as well, at least that's my understanding.