EnergySafe Magazine July 2014, issue 36 | Page 13

13 For all the latest energy safety news visit www.esv.vic.gov.au  electrical Your questions answered! Question July 2014 energysafe issue 36 Compiled by ESV’s Electricity Technical Advisor, John Stolk EnergySafe continues its regular series featuring some of the questions that ESV receives on a range of electricity installation issues, some of them relating to gas installations. Also provided are the answers together with references to the Acts, Standards, Regulations and Clauses that apply to them. Standard Clause I am installing air-conditioning units in a block You are required to provide 12 Certificates of Electrical Safety; of 12 flats for the same owner. Can I provide each flat is an individual occupancy having a different address the owner one compliance certificate or do I e.g. Unit 1–25 ESV Rd and Unit 2–25 ESV Rd. need to provide 12 certificates? Types of prescribed electrical installation work are listed on the back of the certificates. Answer Electricity Safety Act 1998 Part 3 Clause 45A Is the replacement of a switchboard in a flat prescribed electrical work? Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations 2009. Regulation 238(d) Yes, the replacement of a switchboard related to the control of an individual occupier’s portion of a multiple installation is prescribed electrical work. Types of prescribed electrical installation work are listed on the back of the certificates. What is the differen