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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    I need an income and I hope it will not happen to me. The flat is on the second floor. I thought the EICR lasts 5 years
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Three friends of mine have rented out flats, all have had bad experiences with tenants and would never do it again. One friend bought a flat and has not had any problems or set foot in the flat for eleven years. It has cost a lot and taken me months to get the flat up to a good standard. I hope...
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Thanks for all your comments it has been very interesting. My interpretation from what you have said is that not having an RCD in the fuse board is an advisory not a fail, although in everyone's opinion, including mine, it is an important safety device and should be fitted, so he duped me into...
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Had it been £192.00 or even £250.00 for both, I would have paid without question but £348.00. It's like when you take your car in for an MOT and it fails because the laughter shaft has detached from the giggle pin and its going to cost 50 Groats to get it fixed and you can't drive it as it is.
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    I have not received the report yet, I guess it is in the post. It will be interesting to see what it says.
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    The letting agent uses him for all their electrical work. They will be my first port of call once I get started. He did give me two prices £156.00 for the test and £192.00 for installing the RCD.
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    My friend is a qualified spark, he works in the construction industry not residential so has not the qualification to carry out this test. I did get a price but it was very late in the day, we had tenants moving in in 3 days and did not want any problems so went along with it. It wasn't until I...
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Yes, he said I should have a RCD fitted for all the reasons you have said. In all honesty, I'm not sure if I would have had I not spoken to him, so it worked out for the best in the end, but it should not have failed on the strength of it.
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Thanks for all your comments. I just wanted to get the facts right before I write a review on "trust a trader" etc. In my view, with my limited electrical knowledge, I was conned and overcharged. 7 lights, 12 double sockets, 3 appliances, boiler, Fuse board, all with easy access in an empty...
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    I posted my last reply before receiving yours. I told a friend of mine who is a spark and he said he didn't think it should have failed if that was the only issue. Of course I know what an RCD does "I googled it"
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Attached photos of the fuse board, before and after. I have not received the test cert yet. I can well imagine the problems you have with landlords who just want to get the place let with no regard to the safety of the tenant. However had the spark made a comment that in his view and in the...
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    He's taken out the mains switch and replaced it with the RCD
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Thanks for your comments, but does an existing fuse board without an RCD not meet the current regs.
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    Test failed due to missing RCD

    Hi All Recently joined the forum to ask for some information. I recently bought a flat to let. I was advised by the letting agent to get the electrics tested, although not a legal requirement. The test was carried out by their electrical contractor. He failed the test due to the fuse board not...

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