just wondered how everyone else would code this lamp post.
the original installer made a type of swa gland from copper pipe and a BS88 clamp.
they also issued a 12 year inspection date.
its all just a thought exercise now as i have added a proper lamp post cut out with swa 20s glands.
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Completed an EICR yesterday. One of the Sockets Radials had no CPC so R1+R2 plus Zs could not be not be completed. Does anyone know the Regulation supporting this Code 1/2?
I can see 411.3.1.1 but this relates to Lighting. If anyone could assist Id appreciate it, I know its a fault but...
See this time after time - poor installation:
new split load board on a re-wire tt installation. The main switch is not a time delay rcd. The board is metal and there are split load single insulated conductors before the 30mA rcd's.
If these conductors touch the metal work the board may...
Have been asked to do remedials on an EICR that was carried out a year or so ago by another electrician. Curious to know what code you would give for the following. The system used to be conduit & singles but was rewired in twin at some point. By the looks of it the conduits were cut at top &...
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Company had an external contractor coming in to complete an EICR recently. They have gave us the report with a C2 for holes in trunking at high level. For reference, this trunking has been pre-drilled with 20mm holes at set distances on either side. Within this trunking is multiple...
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Called to do an EICR on a property 4 studio flats / bedsits within a single house.
The t&e sub main to each flat runs within the fabric of the building and has a 30mA RCD at its distribution point...assuming this was an add on to the original installation.
Each flat has a RCD main...
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I had an inspection yesterday, where the lighting and sockets are in one circuit for each floor.
There are 3A fused spurs for the lights. I also need to replace the consumer unit with 18th edition one.
How would you code that? Any advice on the consumer unit would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hello guys n gals,
Did n EICR other week in a flat where the shower circuit was 40A mcb with RCD protection, 6mm cable. Only about 10M run.
The 8.5kw shower had been replaced by the tenant for a 10.5kw one (old one was still in the cupboard is how I know).
Unusually, the installation supply...
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Currently undertaking an EICR on a factory, we have came across an 4 core SWA and 4 Core SY which have been split in the DB to serve two separate circuits. The SWA has the Brown on a 10A MCB and the Grey is on a 16A. So clearly they have shared earths and shared neutrals, similar scenario...
External lighting accessible to the public with no RCD protection
Its a car park for block of flats, lots of 3 foot bollards dotted about
Torn between a C3 or C2
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I live in a rental in scotland and have recently had an EICR carried out. I have an old fuse wire fuse board on a wooden plate with no rcd or breakers, I had assumed this would be a C1 or C2 but this came back as a C3. Surely this is incorrect if the plastic fuse boards are C3s surely no...
Hi all new to form so thought I would as a question.
Testing a final ring circuit & all is normal apart from the live / brown legs of the circuit which are too short to reach the MCB so they have connected them together in a block & extended it within the CU via a 6mm to the MCB
Just wondering...
During a inspection and test of low rise flats communal area i found the door entry system has single insulated and possibly touchable conductors or terminals .
in the past i have coded these either C1 or C2 depending on live conductors being touchable.
they have now built a large wooden...
Mainly on commercial lighting with twin and earth 1.5mm or 1mm on 6A and 10A type C breakers
Im sure there was a table in bs7671 requiring larger CPC sizes for type C breakers than supplied with twin and earth, hence why people use fb200 or singles etc
I guess it must be restrictEd by let...
Come across this a couple of times recently whilst doing eicr’s. Everything all ok except there is no access to the (presumably) earth rod. The cable just disappears under a patio.
Of course it may not even be an earth rod. It could be a plate or something. I’ve been giving these a C3 as I...
When doing an EICR what code (if any) would you guys give to a piece of twin and earth cable in a duct outside.
The duct runs from the side of the house approx 10 metres to the detached garage. The cable is exposed for about half a meter where it comes out of house wall where it is clipped and...
Posting this more as a discussion than seeking advice, as I've already fixed the issue.
EICR on a house which at some point had been 'done up' with metal face plates for all the switches. When checked with a wander lead R2 was within spec on the ones I tested, but when taking a random one off...
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