PIR Insulation Resistance Test

[ipf]

If individual circuit tests have been carried out for continuity and loop impedance, how much more effort would it have taken to do the same for IR ?

 

[chemas001]

We are finding Insurance companies are starting to do this as alerted by an irate customer.
Zurich Engineering has been in and tested a Church and Church Hall that we carried out a periodical a few years back and then quite a few remedials were done. Zurich came up with a satisfactory report which had defects requiring remedial action before further use.
All the defects are due to the fact they have not carried out insulation resistance to seperate circuits and has just confused the customer.

 

[Guest111]

A few years ago a mate of mine rang me up as his son had just bought a house had everything checked and electrics came back as fine,however my mate was suspicious and when I went to look even before testing anything I saw old rubber cables all perished going into the CU, an old Wylex with rewireable fuses,no bonding anywhere total mess.the inspection was part of a survey organised by the bank who were doing his mortgage,mates son went spare and asked me to rewire house,rang bank and made appt to see manager,had to laugh turns out he went in and before giving him my report dropped wylex on his desk and asked if he knew what it was,guy said it looked like a fusebox that needed replacing,anyway to cut it short bank refunded full cost of survey and paid for rewire.

 

[ian.settle1]

I wonder how much the OP paid for the EICR? Me thinks it was underpriced and he/she didn't allow sufficient time to do a proper job

You mean one of those that you have to do six in a day jobbys

 

[swift colin]

Thanks to everyone who left a reply.

Murdoch

I wonder how much the OP paid for the EICR? Me thinks it was underpriced and he/she didn't allow sufficient time to do a proper job

£200 +VAT. So I ask a man to do a job. Pay him what he asks and its my fault he didn't do the job because I didn't pay him enough?

Ipf

If individual circuit tests have been carried out for continuity and loop impedance, how much more effort would it have taken to do the same for IR ?

Not much I suspect. But its even less effort to trouser the money and leave saying more investigation needed.

 

[ipf]

Can't account for any problems encountered but, for the price, I would have expected individual IR circuit tests. I don't think Murdoch expected such a payment.

 

[Octopus]

Back to the OP, did the PIR give you a satisfactory or unsatisfactory result - if the latter what are the issues listed?