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I have just been asked to do an EICR on a fairly large commercial building, up until now my experience of EICR's has been on domestic buildings so need a bit of advice on how to do the certificate please!!

The main distribution board is a 3 phase board which then feeds 8 consumer units throughout the building, 2 of these consumer units then feed another 2 smaller consumer units.

I have been looking at the NIC software and I can't work out how to set this up without having to do a separate EICR for each individual consumer unit.

Can anyone give me some advice on the set up of the certificate?

Cheers
 
I have just been asked to do an EICR on a fairly large commercial building, up until now my experience of EICR's has been on domestic buildings so need a bit of advice on how to do the certificate please!!

The main distribution board is a 3 phase board which then feeds 8 consumer units throughout the building, 2 of these consumer units then feed another 2 smaller consumer units.

I have been looking at the NIC software and I can't work out how to set this up without having to do a separate EICR for each individual consumer unit.

Can anyone give me some advice on the set up of the certificate?

Cheers
An EICR for the Sub Mains, and then 1 for each DB would be my guess, and don't forget to check the bonding
 
Does the programme allow you to add a page? I mostly do larger EICR and have the first distribution details/results page with the main DB or section board and then add pages as required for the sub DBs. So I’m only using one certificate for the whole installation.
 
Not used the NICEIC system, but for NAPITs software you just specify how many DBs there are and you get a whole new block of pages (schedule of inspections, scheduled of test results typically for each DB), with another section for distribution and the installation as a whole.

I'd be very surprised if there wasn't that facility in the NICEIC solution.
 
This subject has not surprisingly been batted around on here before. I have done EICR all in one for around maybe a hundred DB. It was pointed out to me that it is best for an EICR on each one. I think I accept that there are definitely merits to this approach. It avoids confusion and looking through a few hundred pages to find a particular circuit arrangement later on. Or a particular DB. So in conclusion I would hazard and individual EICR for each DB.
 
Are you using theNIC Clik software? If so you can add extra DBs as required on the circuit details sheet.
 
Cheers..worked out how to do it on the software now..you have to choose the option of creating a 3 phase board, this then lets you change the phases into a consumer unit..which then lets you create circuits on them..then you have to create a board on the individual circuits!! Easy!! (not)
 
This subject has not surprisingly been batted around on here before. I have done EICR all in one for around maybe a hundred DB. It was pointed out to me that it is best for an EICR on each one. I think I accept that there are definitely merits to this approach. It avoids confusion and looking through a few hundred pages to find a particular circuit arrangement later on. Or a particular DB. So in conclusion I would hazard and individual EICR for each DB.
If it’s one installation and one incoming supply then a full eicr for every consumer unit in the installation is rather pointless as you would have multiple front sheets, schedule of inspections for the same installation.
All that you need are multiple schedules of test results for each consumer unit, which are properly identified in ascending order.
 
I have just started a 650-700 circuit periodic and there will be one Report with the Coded part sectioned to different areas of the site and the schedules in order with the Coded parts. These pics show a busbar which is apparently redundant, not and it is highly likely those deterioated cables in the second pic are live:eek:
[ElectriciansForums.net] EICR's on buildings with multiple consumer units
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This is other end and inside one of the switch-fuses which I would date to mid 1950s and they still operate as smooth as you like.View attachment 40176 View attachment 40180

Are you able to say publicly what the building is used for? I'm just curious as the labels make me think shop or abattoir (footwear I can make work in my tiny mind for an abattoir but I'm not sure about footwear lift :) ). I guess I'm curious as to how it could get into that state and what the place is used for may help with some ideas.
 

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