ECSSA discusses alternative sources of work

One such area is that of periodic inspections where much more could be done by the relevant authorities and the insurance companies to enforce periodic inspection of domestic installations, and in particular of houses where the wiring may 30 or 40 years old.

The law currently requires that commercial premises have such an inspection carried out every five years, and were this to be enforced; a considerable amount of work would become available for contractors.

Portable Appliance Testing is also an area which could prove fruitful for contractors who are prepared to make the initial investment in the test equipment and up-skill themselves on Portable Appliance Testing.

Again this is an area which is legislated for, but apart from public bodies and some major companies, the law is more ignored than honoured at the present moment. Energy audits are yet another area where a contractor can generate work which in turn can save his customer money. There are countless commercial firms around the country who are needlessly paying either capacity charges or penalty charges on their electricity bills simply because they have not matched their contracted level of supply to the actual needs of their business. There are also hundreds of companies who are paying ongoing charges for wattless current when a relatively
inexpensive power factor correction installation would remove this charge and give a short payback period for the money invested.

All these areas, and others besides, could be profitably investigated by the contractor who realises that sitting still and waiting for the boom times to return is not really a viable option.

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Source: ECSSA Winter 2009 Newsletter