I have been to 2 different rental properties this week, one for an EICR and the other for a report of the smell of fish from the shower isolator when the shower was in use.
As part of the EICR, I removed the shower cover to measure R1+R2 and Zs at the shower and a general inspection, only to discover a loose connection and a badly damaged terminal block in the shower which had overheated. Also at the same property in same shower, a loose connection had melted the back of the isolation pull cord so the isolator was stuck permanently on. Both rectified and put back into service.
At the fish smelling isolator, it was a wall mounted 45A DP isolator with neon outside the bathroom. Same again, loose connection, melting the cable insulation and back of the switch.
Being rental properties I hoped to get hold of the previous EICR's but I had no access to them for one reason or another, but I did wonder if anyone had ever checked these items before. In both cases the cables were so loose in their connectors I question whether they had ever been tightened and also whether they had ever been checked.
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As part of the EICR, I removed the shower cover to measure R1+R2 and Zs at the shower and a general inspection, only to discover a loose connection and a badly damaged terminal block in the shower which had overheated. Also at the same property in same shower, a loose connection had melted the back of the isolation pull cord so the isolator was stuck permanently on. Both rectified and put back into service.
At the fish smelling isolator, it was a wall mounted 45A DP isolator with neon outside the bathroom. Same again, loose connection, melting the cable insulation and back of the switch.
Being rental properties I hoped to get hold of the previous EICR's but I had no access to them for one reason or another, but I did wonder if anyone had ever checked these items before. In both cases the cables were so loose in their connectors I question whether they had ever been tightened and also whether they had ever been checked.
