tropical fish house electrics advice if poss

[Arkanon]

Hi Folks,

As I have mentioned i am currently making a tropical fish house. Essentially a large room (my Garage) full of fish tanks and of course.. fish. As these tanks are heated to 78 degrees F there can be a lot of condensation even though the tanks are all covered.

Naturally the elecrics are a concern as they are sensitive to water haha.

I am trying to get a pet shop license and to get it i need a safety certificate from an NICEIC approved electrician. As i am doing the work myself i am looking for any guidance on how best ot get to the point where a contractor can simply some and sign it off for me.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[breezer]

good luck then.

you are in effect asking for som one to sign for something they never did.

 

[plugwash]

first you need to find out if they wan't an EIC (implying that a qualified electrician installed it though some elecricans will do them for other peoples installation work they aren't really meant to) or just a PIR (which says that said electrician inspected an existing install)

 

[Arkanon]

Hi,

Ah ok. They just said that they needed the safety certificate so i will call them tomorrow to find out the finer details. Maybe it is just a test they want or something. To ensure it is up to scratch.

I think for one i will need to replace my sockets with those water proof ones. They are fine for my use but dont thik they would pas a safety test with all the water around. I did put them just below ceiling height... way above any of the tanks but still..

 

[Steve]

to avoid condensation, why not heat the whole room?