Just had our van in for its 4 year service. The technician in the workshop has been on an electrical course learning about what they describe as "the latest rules". So while working on our van, without any reference to us, he has disconnected/removed various things which OH has added, most of which have been in the van for at least 3 years and therefore 3 services now.
These included an extra socket (wire apparently not quite heavy enough), the battery back-up and the power monitor for the Alde, and the wire to the Smart Box (all 12v) (fuse not big enough), connector blocks wiring in a power use meter (saying they were 15amp, actually they are marked 16 amp).
So 2 questions......
are there new regulations since last year?
and should he be applying 2011/12 regs to a 2008 van?
OH is hopping mad, going to take him several hours to go over everything and find exactly what has been disconnected/removed, then re-instate it in a manner that it is easy to disconnect before next service.
These included an extra socket (wire apparently not quite heavy enough), the battery back-up and the power monitor for the Alde, and the wire to the Smart Box (all 12v) (fuse not big enough), connector blocks wiring in a power use meter (saying they were 15amp, actually they are marked 16 amp).
So 2 questions......
are there new regulations since last year?
and should he be applying 2011/12 regs to a 2008 van?
OH is hopping mad, going to take him several hours to go over everything and find exactly what has been disconnected/removed, then re-instate it in a manner that it is easy to disconnect before next service.