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Being new to this game I’ve been waiting a while for the right job to come along and I have now done my first eicr today, small Chinese takeaway 2 circuits (lights and 1 rfc) most cooking appliances are gas, found some interesting stuff like sockets wired from lighting circuit,main bond buried in concrete floor amongst other things...anyway place is not trading at moment and this is due to sale of the business so I managed (I think) to unplug everything it is oldish and I was expecting some low ir results but,...L-N 0.537 N-E 0.076 L-E 0.2....tested my tester on a piece of 10mm cable before and after and they are fine, so other than something being connected I can’t understand why they are so low, rcd tests fine (newish board). Not fussed at filling the report out and stating the findings just my curious nature needs to understand if it’s normal to be that low and suffer no side affects.....
Ps lighting circuit tests at 1.135 L&N to E due to being unable to remove most of the lamps..
 
Why do you say a low IR is a C2?
I agree that the inspector can decide coding, but I can't really think of a reason why a circuit with such poor insulation condition wouldn't be potentially dangerous, can you? If there is some other reason for the result, like an appliance or surge protector that can't be disconnected, the result would be LIM.
 

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