Hi, hopefully, you can help me by giving some guidance over the EICR which has failed for my rented property.
It was carried out by an electrician who is supplied via the managing agency.
The first contact I had was an email that stated the EICR had failed and some remedial work was required...
Evening all,
My NIC inspector told me years ago "if there is no bonding in place, you're within your rights to switch off the electrical installation until works have been carried out!".... not sure if this is true?
When asked by a customer to carry out a job which you give a cost for before...
Hey
I let out my flat to help with the mortgage costs and I live with my parents.
Flat let via fully managed letting agents.
My question,
Electrician went out to reports of fault with economy 7 heater that is 2.5 yrs old
and additional earth bonding required due to new regulations as existing...
3 phase standby generator of rating 30KVA is to be install in the lightning prone area. The utility main line is TT arrangement where neutral point is grounded with 3 phase and neutral wire provided to load system.
A separately driven generator ( standby generator) is also needd with TT...
Hi everyone,
Watched a programme recently on TV, a young man was on top of a train (not advised) and the power lines above him carried 10,000 volts. He got too close and it jumped through the air and got him. Thankfully he lived and made a decent recovery.
My question being, is it even...
Today i have been carrying out some remedial work after an EICR was carried out on a residential property. Aswell as the list of remedial works to be carried out i also had draft copies of the EICR which was carried out in November of last year.
When i started to read through the list of...
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Hi guys I have a question: how the tests carried out on the 500mA RCD would differ from those carried out on the 30mA for test sockets outlet protected by RCDs 30mA Any hints??
Im my opinion test instrument disply large value times???
I am in the process of refitting my bathroom. Last week I had a sparky round to wire up the three electrical items in the bathroom:
A digital mixer for a shower
A waste pump for the shower
An illuminated mirror
They have fitted an RCD at the old fuse box which seems fine if a bit messy...
Sorry this may seem like are really daft question but during initial verification and testing do you issue one schedual of inspections for the whole installation or do you issue one for each circuit ?
Hi - I'm new here, hope you don't mind if I ask for some advise please? We've just had a full rewire done on a house we recently purchased. In most rooms, power cables have been run under floor board and then chased up the walls to the power sockets.
However on the front room and back room (that...
Afternoon everyone, got a weird one for you all.
Installed electric shower, had to upgrade consumer unit at same time, carried out all dead testing etc, Ze and Zs all good, insulation test perfect HOWEVER
when carrying out RCD trip test from the connector block terminals in the shower the RCD...
On completion of electricial installation testing in a shop and and office area the functional checks are to be carried out .
State why functional testing is carried out.
I would say to test the mechanical side of the device.
Hi all,
I have a question for you regarding UK law and RCD protection on radial circuits in a domestic property.
My mother lives in a council owned house which was converted from an old TB hospital in the 1960s.
All circuits in the property are radial not ring.
The property wiring is pre...
I recently got called to a rcd kitchen circuit tripping, so I removed all appliances as normal but still tripped so carried out IR test which showed no fault? any ideas no fault found?
Recently carried out repairs after customer had E.I.C.R done no bonding in place so fitted also no RCD protection so fitted RCBO on Skts and upstairs lighting circuits
Do I now have to issue a new E.I.C.R or just a Test Results sheet and is it notifiable
After attending a C&G 2399 course last year with the idea of becoming a MCS registered company by using my house as our first installation we then decided against it when the government started to mess around with the FiT. I then put the idea of an install on my house to one side but after...
Hi Guys
New boy to the forum and got some questions for you.
I ve got my 2330 qualification and 17th ed. so it's a signing off question to start you off with.
If i.m competent enough to do testing without the 2391 would NIC let me sign up with them?
Also how can you do jobs that need signing...
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