Help Needed on results of an IPM4 electrical report please

[millerdave]

Hi,
I have attached the findings of an IPM4 report on a house I am looking to purchase.
What I want to know is how critical are any of the points highlighted? do they pose any serious risks etc
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

 

[Paul.M]

Welcome to the forum MillerDave. To answer some of the above we will need to know a couple of things. Is this a single dwelling property or part of a set of flats/apartments (#1)? What Kw ratting is the shower (#4)? What is the age of the existing wiring (#7).

 

[Octopus]

What is a code 4?

EICR's should only have 1, 2 or 3's

When was the report done?

 

[andyb]

Hi Millerdave, who commissioned the report? If it was you I'd get another one done by a competent electrician. Every observation has either 2 codes or a star, neither is accectable, and as Murdoch says there is no code 4.

 

[Midwest]

Items 5 & 7 are interesting as well?

 

[Flanders]

Yes have to agree with others it looks like the person who filled out the report does not know how to fill it out correctly , and there in no requirement to fit cross bonding to boiler (item 5)

 

[Octopus]

OP.

Please follow this link and take a read.....

http://www.----------------------------/mediafile/100404922/Best-Practice-Guide-4-Issue-4.pdf

 

[telectrix]

brief look and most of it is just a tidying up of exposed connections. nowt serious there. as for the shower cable. if it's notin insulation and the shower is no more that 9.5kW, then 6mm should be fine, subject to an on site inspection.

 

[DPG]

Sound words from Tel. Loads of people panic when they see a shower on 6mm. That's cos they can't do the calcs. Or can't be bothered. Daz

 

[d.l.rob]

I agree with Flanders. No requirement to fit cross bonding on the pipes at the boiler. They are usually at the same potential as they are all connected into the same conductive frame!

 

[Flanders]

brief look and most of it is just a tidying up of exposed connections. nowt serious there. as for the shower cable. if it's notin insulation and the shower is no more that 9.5kW, then 6mm should be fine, subject to an on site inspection.

Yes I was thinking that too but the observation did not explain the reason so we are only guessing why it was coded, a 6mm clip direct will take 47 amps but if its under the scratchy stuff its goes down to 27 amps (of course these figures are without any other calcs but should not change much in a domestic environment)