Periodic inspection

[ipf]

We did an EICR a few years ago, everyone was happy we were turning power off and on etc, Monday morning, 2 network switches had blown their power supplies, just due to power off, power on,

Did you have to pay for the damage?
Have they never had a power cut? If so, it'd be interesting to find out the consequences.

 

[Gavin Price]

Before carrying out the inspection, the inspector and the client or duty holder are to agree on an amount of the installation to be inspected. Depending on the installation you may find that only a small amount of the installation can be tested and inspected due to operational limitations and you may want to consider the frequency of inspections dependant on those limitations. There is no requirement only guidelines on percentages to be tested and inspected.

 

[westward10]

This is a restaurant not a global banking concern and with agreed early hours access there should bet no concerns.

 

[Gavin Price]

yes you may be right but my reply was just concerning the actual requirement for percentages during an EICR

 

[westward10]

yes you may be right but my reply was just concerning the actual requirement for percentages during an EICR

The thread in question is a restaurant so unless it is a 24/7 concern the actual testing would be 100% unless the client has confirmed otherwise.

 

[Gavin Price]

The thread in question is a restaurant so unless it is a 24/7 concern the actual testing would be 100% unless the client has confirmed otherwise.

Regardless of the type of premises it doesn’t negate the fact that it may not be possible to carry out 100 percent inspection. I’m not arguing that a 100 percent test shouldn’t be done I’m just saying that it’s not always possible and the reasons behind it.

 

[westward10]

Regardless of the type of premises it doesn’t negate the fact that it may not be possible to carry out 100 percent inspection. I’m not arguing that a 100 percent test shouldn’t be done I’m just saying that it’s not always possible and the reasons behind it.

Maybe so but I test from small retail outlets to concerns in the City of London and with correct corporation, foresight and planning it can happen.

 

[Gavin Price]

Maybe so but I test from small retail outlets to concerns in the City of London and with correct corporation, foresight and planning it can happen.

Ok I’m not disputing that. I’m just saying that it is not always possible due to operational and other limitations to test 100 percent of the installation within the recommended frequency of inspection time frame and that perhaps it would be better to do more frequent but smaller inspections to allow for a near to a 100 percent inspection and minimum disruption to business.

 

[GBDamo]

My issue with not 100% testing of circuits is the "critical" circuit is always likely to be unavailable for testing.

More regular test intervals only result in highlighting the circuits "unavailability" more often.