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Electrical Certification (Silver Label) for all Manufactured Homes in BC.
The Electrical Certification (Silver Label) for Manufactured Homes in BC change has come about under the B.C. Electrical Code. This certification is needed before you can list your home for sale if there has been any electrical work done without an electrical permit taken out and a passed inspection and you must be able to show the permits to the Realtor. This includes any electrical changes to the original home or additions to the home or out buildings on the Home Site. See the Realtors' directive part 1 and part 2 regarding this.
To get the Silver Label and put it on your electrical panel you must have a qualified electrician inspect the home, additions and out buildings filling out the proper forms, get an electrical permit and correct all defects and have it inspected and passed. Then the required form must be filled out and all documentation sent in to get your Silver Label. (shop around and get quotes for this process). The homeowner is still allowed to perform the installation but he must have the installation certified by a qualified electrical technician.
The following is a more detailed look at all this from the official Technical Safety BC website, which used to be called BC Safety Authority.
All homeowners doing regulated electrical work are required to obtain a permit before they begin. It is wise to read the Electrical Safety Homeowner Information Guide before you start anything. Click on the link to the guide.
So let's start on the details by clicking on the link to the Technical Safety BC website and look at some specific pages.
Click on the Homeowner tab and then in the Getting Started section below and under the heading Homeowner Permits, click on Apply for electrical permit and you are taken to the Electrical Homeowner Permits page. Under the paragraph titled Apply for your homeowner electrical permit, you have to click on Form 1259 and complete the online application. For your convenience, click on the link to the pdf version of Form 1259. This is so that you can preview the form before completing it online. You should probably look at the Homeowner Electrical Permit Application Questionnaire.
The next paragraph deals with the Homeowner Temporary Construction Permit Form 1445.
The following paragraph deals with getting the work inspected. So to request an inspection you need to complete Form 1011.
Read the following paragraph regarding the Occupational Health and Safety issues.
To get an idea of the fees charged click on the link to the fee table.
Here is the link to the Homeowner's calculated load demand sheet, should you need it.
Completed forms can also be submitted to any Service BC Centre in your area. You willsee on the list, Kelowna; Oliver; Penticton and Princeton. Just click on the location closest to you.
The Safety Standards Act applies to everyone who installs, alters, maintains or operates electrical equipment. It’s essential that you are familiar with the following regulations.
Safety Standards General Regulation See Part 2-Permits, Section 12-17.
Electrical Safety Regulation See Part 2-Permits, Inspections and Regulated Products, Section 11.
BC Amendments to the Canadian Electric Code See Division 2-Canadian Electric Code adopted as B.C. Electric Code Section 20.
Monetary Penalties Regulation
If you are new to the electrical industry, you’re undertaking a new type of work or you’d just like to refresh your memory, please take the time to read all items. To understand the role that Technical Safety BC plays in electrical safety, refer to the Electrical Overview Manual.
Page 1, Electrical Program Introduction;
page 8, Installation Permits;
pages 9 to 11, Homeowner Installation Permits and Inspections; and
page 15, Variances, are relevant sections to read.
Electrical Safety Orders, Directives, and Information Bulletins
Safety Orders are an instrument that is issued to prevent or reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to property. Compliance is mandatory and enforceable by Technical Safety BC.
Directives are instruments that clarify or provide new interpretation of a regulation or code. Compliance is mandatory. Those involved in installing, operating or maintaining electrical products must comply with the interpretations provided in the directives. See the most recent Approval of Manufactured Home Directive issued May 9, 2017. In this Directive, all sections appear to apply to New and Used Manufactured Homes. Also forms FRM-1143 Used Mobile Home Inspection Report and FRM-0206 Electrical Contractor Authorization and Declaration form may apply. Also see Homeowner Permit - Scope of Work Directive.
Information bulletins provide helpful information and clarification on existing regulations or code that affect your particular technology.
Under section 21(1) of the Electrical Safety Regulation, electrical equipment must bear evidence of either a mark or a label of a certification agency accredited by the Standards Council of Canada or an approval label issued by Technical Safety BC under section 10 of the Safety Standards Act. This Bulletin specifies the certification/approval marks and labels that are acceptable in British Columbia. See this Information Bulletin re. the above.
Changes to the regulations and code. Changes to the B.C. Electrical Code regulation occur approximately every three years.
So under the Safety Standards Act, Part 3 - item 9 is applicable. It states: "The presence of a certification mark is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the regulated product meets the standard that the product must meet for that certification."
Under the Safety Standards General Regulation, under Part 2 - Permits, we find the following:
Under the heading, Permit application procedure
An application for a permit must be accompanied by any required fee and must include the following:
Under the heading Installation permits
17(1) An installation permit is required to install or alter a regulated product.
Under the heading Part 3 - Inspections by Safety Officers
Under the Electrical Safety Regulation under Part 1 - General Qualification and Licensing Provisions, Division 1 - Individuals who may perform regulated electrical work
item 4 (1) says: "Subject to subsection (2), an individual must not perform regulated work in respect of electrical equipment unless the individual
(d) is a homeowner acting in accordance with section 17."
Under Part 2 - Permits, Inspections and Regulated Products, Division 1 - Permits
When a homeowner may perform electrical work under a permit 17 (1) Subject to this section, a homeowner may perform electrical work in their fully detached dwelling under an installation permit.
(c) the replacement components are of a type which do not invalidate the original certification mark. [am. B.C. Reg. 327/2005, Sch. 1, s. 4.]
Modified 04/17/2019