EICR or Minor Works???

[dtec dave]

Just a quick one.. I have been to a job today where the shower isolator switch had burnt out, as it wasn't RCD protected I replaced the switch with a 1 way consumer unit with an RCD.

My question is..do I need to do a full EIC or would a minor works do?

Cheers

 

[Wilko]

Hi - the new "one way consumer unit which had an RCD" also had an MCB in it? This means (to me) there are now two circuits where there was one, each with its own earth loop and ADS times to be met.

 

[Pete999]

Hi - the new "one way consumer unit which had an RCD" also had an MCB in it? This means (to me) there are now two circuits where there was one, each with its own earth loop and ADS times to be met.

Going with that analogy Wilko, if and I say if the OP had swapped the shower switch with a RCD / FSU instead of a small CU, would that not be similar, or the same as using a CU, after all, all he is doing is fusing down via the CB and adding a RCD? it's an imponderable I guess, which can/could argued either way, well that's how I tend to see it.

 

[Wilko]

Oh dear, thought I had a handle on this one ... more to think about .

 

[Octopus]

A photo would come in handy!

 

[Pete999]

Oh dear, thought I had a handle on this one ... more to think about .

Just like some TV detective show we need a Poirot type or the Guys from Hunting Hitler.

 

[Pete999]

Oh dear, thought I had a handle on this one ... more to think about .

Lateral thinking Wilko.

 

[westward10]

Overall it seems a bizarre thing to have done.

 

[dtec dave]

Overall it seems a bizarre thing to have done.

Really bizzare..putting an RCD on a shower when there wasn't one there before..what was I thinking??

 

[Nigel]

This is a EIC in my opinion. The supply to the shower isolator is now a distribution circuit.

Also the shower isolator did not burn out because there was no RCD installed.

 

[Pete999]

This is a EIC in my opinion. The supply to the shower isolator is now a distribution circuit.

Also the shower isolator did not burn out because there was no RCD installed.

You haven't wired a new circuit, you have altered an existing circuit MNW

 

[westward10]

Really bizzare..putting an RCD on a shower when there wasn't one there before..what was I thinking??

I agree, what were you thinking. Straight forward replacement switch with a departure on the Minor Works additional rcd protection not provided, existing circuit.

 

[Nigel]

You haven't wired a new circuit, you have altered an existing circuit MNW

An EIC is not just for new circuits.

 

[dtec dave]

I agree, what were you thinking. Straight forward replacement switch with a departure on the Minor Works additional rcd protection not provided, existing circuit.

Sorry but I like to add an RCD if it's possible.

 

[dtec dave]

EIC according to the NIC! Thanks for your replies.

 

[Wilko]

Oooo now you've done it