Work at home: what you need to know to have a compliant electrical system

What you need to know about working at home, how to have a compliant electrical system. All the essential information.

And compliant electrical system, safe and efficient it is the fundamental rule for living peacefully in your own home. It is not just a question of respecting the laws but above all of guaranteeing the safety of oneself and one’s family members. Not of little importance, then, is the saving on energy consumed. These elements should be more than sufficient to intervene and bring the electrical system we have at home into order.

In fact, in most homes in Italy, the electrical systems are very old, obsolete and not up to standard. Not only because many homes are old but also because the most up-to-date security devices are quite recent, dating back to the 1990s. Therefore, all houses built or renovated before most often have electrical systems that are not up to standard and unsafe.

Below, we explain what characteristics a a house’s electrical system that complies with safety regulations and how to make it happen. Not only will your home be safer, but also more efficient with savings on your bills. Here’s everything you need to know.

Home, how to have a compliant electrical system

And domestic electrical system today it carries out various fundamental functions, not only the lighting of the house and the power supply of household appliances, from the refrigerator to the washing machine and the television, but also the functioning of security systems, such as burglar alarms and surveillance cameras, the internet connection, via cables and wi-fi, and the regulation of energy saving systems. All essential and indispensable activities that require an updated, safe, stable and efficient electrical system to function.

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The fundamental rules for having a compliant electrical system concern its design, installation and certification which must be carried out by qualified professionals. At the end of the construction work on a new electrical system, it must be released a declaration of conformity, which certifies that the system was built in accordance with the law and in a workmanlike manner. As required by law no. 46/1990, which also introduced theobligation to adapt existing systems with some minimum safety systemssuch as the differential or “circuit breaker” switch, the disconnecting device and the protection device against overcurrents and direct contacts.

Furthermore, the owner of the electrical system is obliged to keep it safe, adopting all necessary measures and taking into account the instructions received from the installing company. In any case, the The reference legislation for having a domestic electrical system in order is CEI 64-8, periodically updated. The standard contains all the information on design, construction and verification of low voltage electrical systems for residential buildings. It concerns new electrical systems and those of buildings under renovation.

When a new electrical system is built, an experienced and licensed professional must draw up the system project or electrical diagram of the house, with all the routes and connections. Another required document is the metric calculation, in which the costs of the works are estimated in detail. Then, once the installation work has been completed, the declaration of conformitywhich certifies that the system was built according to current regulations and in a workmanlike manner.

When a electrical system is more than 15 years old, it is best to call a technician to have it checked and if necessary carry out modernization and compliance interventions.