EICR for Landlords Fail ?

[Mike Johnson]

Just come across this on the web from a so called expert company: Most common items that fail an EICR, What Landlords need to know before booking! - https://www.electricaltestinginspection.co.uk/post/most-common-items-that-fail-an-eicr-what-landlords-need-to-know-before-booking#:~:text=If%20the%20property%20is%20a%20house%20or%20a%20flat%20that,(be%20a%20C2%20fault).

 

[Julie.]

TBH I don't think that's too bad an overview, sure we can all find issue with some of the wording, for example "an RCD protects against an electrical shock" - no, you still get a shock, it just limits the time to reduce the potential consequences; and of course the "fail or pass" of an EICR.

But I would say for a non-electical person it gives a good overview; although I would have liked to see more emphasis on the fact that there could be many other issues that could cause an unsatisfactory result, these are only some of the most frequently encountered ones.

It seams a fair balance between getting too technical/detailed and too high level.

 

[littlespark]

And it does say what "WE" would code as a C2... where others may C3...

It gives a would-be customer an idea of what might be likely needed to bring up to satisfactory.... if they get these guys to do the report.


I'd say the most common items would be broken switches and sockets exposing live parts, exposed strip connector block in ceilings for downlights and OCPD's mismatched to cable sizes

 

[DPG]

TBH I don't think that's too bad an overview, sure we can all find issue with some of the wording, for example "an RCD protects against an electrical shock" - no, you still get a shock, it just limits the time to reduce the potential consequences; and of course the "fail or pass" of an EICR.

But I would say for a non-electical person it gives a good overview; although I would have liked to see more emphasis on the fact that there could be many other issues that could cause an unsatisfactory result, these are only some of the most frequently encountered ones.

It seams a fair balance between getting too technical/detailed and too high level.

To be honest, if a member of the public orders an EICR, it doesn't really matter to them whether it says satisfactory/unsatisfactory or pass/fail. It's not really any different to them. Obviously we should ideally use the correct terms though.

 

[LukeD]

TBH I don't think that's too bad an overview, sure we can all find issue with some of the wording, for example "an RCD protects against an electrical shock" - no, you still get a shock, it just limits the time to reduce the potential consequences; and of course the "fail or pass" of an EICR.

But I would say for a non-electical person it gives a good overview; although I would have liked to see more emphasis on the fact that there could be many other issues that could cause an unsatisfactory result, these are only some of the most frequently encountered ones.

It seams a fair balance between getting too technical/detailed and too high level.

Layman terms