EICR code?

[dtec dave]

C3..service head requires improvement or not??

 

[loz2754]

Why the C3? What in particular requires improvement in your view?

 

[buzzlightyear]

C3..service head requires improvement or not

its it DNO gear or some thing else .

 

[bill01803]

Not your bag, all you could put is FYI

 

[loz2754]

Not your bag, all you could put is FYI

However we are required to check boxes confirming the adequacy and condition of the DNO equipment.
If there was hole in the cover large enough for a child to stick a finger in, would it still not be "your bag"?

 

[GBDamo]

C2 for the colour alone.

DEXION for mounting probably warrants a C1, ok for collage projects or a build your own Hi-Fi rack but, really, no, just no.

 

[bill01803]

Don't tick the check box and put FYI it isn't part of the installation

 

[loz2754]

Don't tick the check box and put FYI it isn't part of the installation

If it has a big hole in it is a C1, not an FI. And of course it's part of the installation. Just because we're not permitted to work on it doesn't mean we just pass the buck and ignore a potentially dangerous, or imminently dangerous condition.
The regulations state that we should get the person ordering the work to report the condition to the DNO. The DNO will want to know what that condition is.
Is this a windup?

 

[westward10]

Don't tick the check box and put FYI it isn't part of the installation

See 1.2 of the Inspection Schedule for an EICR.

 

[Flanders]

The holes in the top where the cables come out may have to much of a gap and may warrant a code 3 . But I would not code it myself unless I'm missing something.

 

[westward10]

You see lots of these service heads with plywood or Bakelite across the top of them and I only normally comment if they are not secured in place, they are often split to fit them. Not sure if in the pic it is actually fixed in place.

 

[dtec dave]

Why the C3? What in particular requires improvement in your view?

I didn't say it requires improvement, I was asking the opinion of the forum, but now you have asked, it just came to my attention because of the age of it.

 

[dtec dave]

Not your bag, all you could put is FYI

Part 1.2 on the EICR 'condition of service head'

 

[dtec dave]

Don't tick the check box and put FYI it isn't part of the installation

Part 1.2 on the EICR 'condition of service head'

 

[Lister1987]

C2 and a call to DNO. If left as a C3, there's the potential nothing will be done with it, however a C2 would fail the EICR. I'd C2/FI (C2 for the age of the head and FI for DNO I put/action - You could put FI alone which would still fail/unsatisfactory the EICR so swings and roundabouts really.

The whole cop-out of putting the onus on the customer to contact DNO is utter crap as they're in no-way competent to assess the potential hazards and risks presented, you as the competent person however, are; make the call, take a name and reference number and discharge the duty of care.