Reading the recent post about the barber shop and no RCDs I was wondering,
If an installation was satisfactory under a previous edition of Regs. And if no alterations have been made to it, or no other problems are evident, since installation, is it still satisfactory and therefore can't be coded C1 or C2?
If someone carrying out the EICR has no knowledge or experience of previous editions of the regs, then how would they know if it was satisfactory?
Or are previous editions dealt with on the short courses for testing and inspection qualifications?
Should someone carrying out an EICR be overly concerned about what may or may not be plugged into a socket, to the extent that they would code the installation unsatisfactory even though it was previously ok.
I'm not getting involved in any of this, it's just that there seems to be a lack of any concensus of opinion. Which from a customer's point of view is disappointing.
If an installation was satisfactory under a previous edition of Regs. And if no alterations have been made to it, or no other problems are evident, since installation, is it still satisfactory and therefore can't be coded C1 or C2?
If someone carrying out the EICR has no knowledge or experience of previous editions of the regs, then how would they know if it was satisfactory?
Or are previous editions dealt with on the short courses for testing and inspection qualifications?
Should someone carrying out an EICR be overly concerned about what may or may not be plugged into a socket, to the extent that they would code the installation unsatisfactory even though it was previously ok.
I'm not getting involved in any of this, it's just that there seems to be a lack of any concensus of opinion. Which from a customer's point of view is disappointing.