Coding advice on EICR please

[Andy78]

Any photos of the board?
Never seen one with a wooden door.

Could take a photo tomorrow as it is on site, but it is the same as this one I removed not so long ago. (left of pics)

 

[Ian1981]

Could take a photo tomorrow as it is on site, but it is the same as this one I removed not so long ago. (left of pics)View attachment 39408 View attachment 39409

Nice birds nest there!

 

[Octopus]

Any photos of the board?
Never seen one with a wooden door.

Snap !



This is still in service - date for rip out is next Spring.

Out of shot is a new RCBO board with all the newer and new circuits in it!

 

[KEV 1 N]

I can't agree with that at all for several reasons.

Periodic inspection is to be carried out using the current version of the regs as the standard of safety.
How is one to reliably establish exactly when something was installed and therefore whether or not it complied ?
How is an inspector expected to have a detailed knowledge of all previous editions of the regulations with which to assess previous installations to ?

An example of the above points.
Today I removed a fuse board from the 1940s/50s that was supplying the lighting circuits in an old house. None of the circuits had cpcs, the neutrals were fused, the wooden door could be opened without a tool or key and the fuses could similarly be removed. With fuses removed live parts were accessible that were easily touched.

It could well be that all that complied when installed, but had I successfully established this by accurately determining the install date and checking the relevant regs, would I be right in saying no codes were appropriate ?

I was referring to the item the OP mentioned about the DB being suitable for fire rating.
Obviously a degree of common sense has to be applied during EICRs, and if I came across anything as shown in the pictures....then it would be deemed unsatisfactory for several reasons.
This is where judgement has to be applied....