Originally Posted by
Homestar
Technically a caravan is considered an appliance in Victoria so no, you don’t need to be licensed to do anything to them - ESV (Energy Safe Victoria) generally don’t want to know about anything that’s not hardwired to the mains. There is also no safety checks required on wiring or gas in Vic to register a van - it’s just treated as any other trailer. As long as the rear lights work, that’s pretty much it...
Having said that, I would strongly recommend using a Licensed Electrician to do the work, but I would say that wouldn’t I.
While changing an inlet on a van is pretty easy to do, would the DIY’er then check the health of the rest of the vans wiring after completing the work? I would.
As for transportable buildings, they are almost exclusively hard wired in Victoria so needs to be done by a Sparky and all wiring up to the applicable Standards - there’s about 3 of them that these fall under. Also need to be elec tested when on sites too, so I’d put them in a whole different category.
The comment regarding not using licensed people to wire up vans is correct - they pay their labour’s to do it. Most new vans wiring wouldn’t pass inspection if this was required - I’ve seen some pretty ordinary work.
To obtain a Victorian Roadworthy Certificate for our Motorhome in Victoria early last year, we were required to have an Electrical Safety Certificate for the 240 volt wiring, and a Gas Safety Certificate for the LPG works.
Cheers, Mick.
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