Fire Rated Clips In Trunking

suffolkspark · Aug 22, 2018

Fire fighters stick to the walls so still possible to get tangled. Woupd be nice if the powers that be could give us some concrete advice on this

Spoon · Aug 22, 2018

suffolkspark said:
Woupd be nice if the powers that be could give us some concrete advice on this

Selfmade · Sep 4, 2018

I'm a bit late here, but just thought I'd add my own thinking as food for thought. I may well be wrong.

EICRs: C1 if it is anywhere likely to impede escape or fire fighting activities; the logic being that another fault does not have to occur for this to be dangerous - a fire could originate from a source unrelated to the electrical installation. C3 if unlikely to impede escape/fire fighting; just a recommendation but not actually dangerous to leave it.

New work: Use metal clips and raw plugs pretty much everywhere, including in cupboards and behind kitchen cabinets. I think the latter are normally regarded as furniture as far electrical installations are concerned (but please don't ask for reference for that). Still haven't made up my mind on lofts and basements yet...

davesparks · Sep 4, 2018

Selfmade said:
EICRs: C1 if it is anywhere likely to impede escape or fire fighting activities; the logic being that another fault does not have to occur for this to be dangerous - a fire could originate from a source unrelated to the electrical installation. ...

A C1 is for immediately dangerous items, this is not immediately dangerous. It only becomes dangerous IF something else happens, that something else being a fire, so it is potentially dangerous.

Selfmade · Sep 4, 2018

davesparks said:
A C1 is for immediately dangerous items, this is not immediately dangerous. It only becomes dangerous IF something else happens, that something else being a fire, so it is potentially dangerous.

But that something (the fire) is not (necessarily) related to the electrical installation. If there was an exposed live part something else would have to happen to make it dangerous - someone would have to touch it - but that doesn't make it a C2. That said I don't do EICRs, so I'm probably wrong...