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Installation instructions for electrical products, drafted from your certification data

An installer reads the installation manual on site, often in a cupboard or up a ladder, looking for the supply requirements, the protective device, the terminal layout and the tests to record before handover. If a rating in the text is wrong, or a protective device has been quietly swapped for another, the installer may wire it in good faith. INKFLOW drafts installation manuals for electrical products and appliances from the data your certification already rests on.

Name it an electrical installation manual in your brief, for a charge point, a heat pump, an inverter, a shower, an oven or similar, and the writer works from guidance for electrical installation instructions. It asks for the models covered, electrical ratings, protection class and IP rating, required protective devices, terminals and torque values, a wiring diagram for each configuration, earthing arrangements and location restrictions.

Plainly: this is a draft written from your approved product data, and every missing value is left as a marked placeholder. It does not certify compliance with BS 7671 or any product standard, and it must be reviewed and approved by your own qualified electrical engineer before it ships with a product.

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Electrical installation manual, from data sheet to draft

  1. 1
    List the models and ratings
    Model numbers and variants, rated voltage, frequency, current or power, protection class and IP rating, as they appear in your certification data.
  2. 2
    Specify the protection and connections
    Protective device type and rating, RCD type, terminal layout with its printed labels, conductor size range and terminal torques. These are written exactly as given and never substituted.
  3. 3
    Give the installation conditions
    Mounting and clearances, location and zone restrictions, the earthing systems the product suits, configuration steps and the product tests the installer must record.
  4. 4
    Engineer approval before release
    The cost is quoted before you buy. Your qualified electrical engineer reviews the draft and approves it for release.

What an electrical installation manual contains

Safety before the first screw
Isolation, stored energy and the discharge wait after isolation where your product has one, at the start of the procedure rather than on a back page.
Wiring by configuration
Single-phase, three-phase or different earthing arrangements each get their own diagram reference and steps, never one merged set.
Location rules
Clearances, outdoor or bathroom suitability and zone restrictions, so the installer can rule a location in or out before starting.
Commissioning and settings
Switch and software settings, factory defaults, pairing and load management, step by step.
Tests and handover
Product-specific tests with expected results, what to leave with the user, and how the product is registered.
Fault codes for installers
Indicator and code meanings, likely causes and what the installer should do about each.

Installation manual claims kept to your evidence

A manual that says a product meets a standard it was never tested to is a liability. The draft names only the standards and markings your compliance data shows.

INKFLOW does not replace the installer's own duties: their work is governed by the wiring regulations and building rules where they are, and the manual supports that work rather than overriding it. We draw your process flows and decision trees; wiring diagrams come from your own drawings, placed beside the steps that use them.

Questions

Does it write to BS 7671?
In the UK the installer works to BS 7671, and the manual supports that by stating the protective device and earthing your product needs. It does not certify that any installation complies.
Can it cover EV charge points?
Yes, if you supply the product data, including any built-in protection the unit provides and its smart charging settings. Rules specific to charge points should be checked by your compliance lead.
Do we also need a user guide?
Often, yes. Householders need different information from installers; the electronics user guide page covers the user side.
Can a qualified person look over the draft?
When you order, ask for a human reviewer to be quoted. Someone replies with a figure, and you are charged nothing unless you agree to it.
Do prices include VAT?
Prices include any VAT; nothing is added at checkout.
We are an organisation. How can we pay?
Single orders are paid by card at checkout. For subscriptions and repeat orders, care homes, councils and businesses can ask about paying by Direct Debit or standing order at app.inkflowstudio.org/organisations.

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Tell us what it is for, and it is written to the standard. In the free sample, any figure that must come from your own material is left as a marked placeholder.

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