Install cert required if eicr has been done

[Deleted member 26818]

same results only difference is rcd times. All im saying is does no one else think its a bit overkill to do the tests again. Regs are just a guide not an act

What point?

 

[thomaspotato]

I understand what we are told to do. I know that. I just want someone to give me an explanation as to why?? Not because the regs say but why in theory and practise does it have to be done

 

[HomeCert ltd]

Well you would still need to provide a cert identifying that the RCD's were faulty, when you've already provided an EICR which will detail that there was no RCD protection installed for the installation.

Basically, you should go back an test/certify the board change

 

[thomaspotato]

When i have already asertained the installation safe and have made it safer by upgrading tails , adding mcbs and rcd protection

 

[ipf]

If you've already done a full EICR on the property, the only additional tests apart from identifying the new circuit layout would be the RCD tripping times. As you would have already recorded test results from your previous inspection

It all depends on whether you've been asked to replace a CU or to carry out a condition report....the result of which recommends a replacement CU.

 

[Andy78]

I understand what we are told to do. I know that. I just want someone to give me an explanation as to why?? Not because the regs say but why in theory and practise does it have to be done

You test to verify what you have done is safe, and you issue a cert to prove that.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

When i have already asertained the installation safe and have made it safer by upgrading tails , adding mcbs and rcd protection

Hold up, first it was just a CU change, now it’s also upgrading tails.

 

[thomaspotato]

Ahhh, does no one ever think why something is done instead of just doing what your told

 

[thomaspotato]

Would u connect the old ( more than likely single insulation) tails back in?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Would u connect the old ( more than likely single insulation) tails back in?

Why wouldn’t I, if all I am doing is changing the CU?

 

[Andy78]

Ahhh, does no one ever think why something is done instead of just doing what your told

When asked why you were carrying out an eicr before a board change you referenced it was because the best practice guide told you to.

 

[ipf]

Would u connect the old ( more than likely single insulation) tails back in?

Extremely unlikely, I'd say.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

The point of certification, is to detail what work has been conducted, to record appropriate test results, to confirm the work conducted satisfies the Regulations and to state the date the work was completed.

 

[thomaspotato]

Yes and did what the bpg said because the reasons they gave to why it should be done i agreed with because i want to know what the installation im going to put a new board in is safe. Doing the same thing again after i dont agree with

 

[thomaspotato]

Your not going to find many boards with 3036 fuses in it supplied by double insulated tails