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Planning on going away for a year or two and renting the house out so will need an EICR.
The consumer unit is old and has a 12 MCBs protecting each of 12 circuits. Some of the lighting radials are merged together under a single MCB. Suspect a 16 circuit cu might be better. Perhaps of more importance, there are no RCBs (and certainly no RCBOs).
From reading the forum it seems that perhaps some electricians would "pass" an EICR assuming it met the wiring regulations in force at the time of installation but some others would fail it unless it met the requirements of the 18th. The difference in cost is presumably quite large?
In any case, I'd probably quite like a new CU with RCD protection across all circuits. So I'm a bit torn: Do I spend a lot more cash and get a decent install or do I pay the minimum and get a certificate for what is already there?
The answer depends on ballpark cost. My total guess would be a new 16 way CU plus EICR would take one day whereas a cert might be done in an hour or so?
Have I got that right or am I totally wrong?
If I'm right am I looking at the difference between less than £100 and less than £1,000 ?
Planning on going away for a year or two and renting the house out so will need an EICR.
The consumer unit is old and has a 12 MCBs protecting each of 12 circuits. Some of the lighting radials are merged together under a single MCB. Suspect a 16 circuit cu might be better. Perhaps of more importance, there are no RCBs (and certainly no RCBOs).
From reading the forum it seems that perhaps some electricians would "pass" an EICR assuming it met the wiring regulations in force at the time of installation but some others would fail it unless it met the requirements of the 18th. The difference in cost is presumably quite large?
In any case, I'd probably quite like a new CU with RCD protection across all circuits. So I'm a bit torn: Do I spend a lot more cash and get a decent install or do I pay the minimum and get a certificate for what is already there?
The answer depends on ballpark cost. My total guess would be a new 16 way CU plus EICR would take one day whereas a cert might be done in an hour or so?
Have I got that right or am I totally wrong?
If I'm right am I looking at the difference between less than £100 and less than £1,000 ?
