What certificate for?????

[Deleted member 26818]

Checking to see that an Installation is safe, is to my mind a good option.
However, who would pay for such a check?
If all the OP has been contracted to do, is install an Isolator, which to my mind should take no more than half an hour, is the client going to be willing to pay for a full periodic and a day's wages?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Is it an alteration to a circuit? Are the tails a circuit in their own right or are they just cables linking an installation to the point of supply?

Yes, it is just an alteration to a single circuit.
Yes, the tails are a distribution circuit.

 

[Guest666]

Checking to see that an Installation is safe, is to my mind a good option.
However, who would pay for such a check?
If all the OP has been contracted to do, is install an Isolator, which to my mind should take no more than half an hour, is the client going to be willing to pay for a full periodic and a day's wages?

I know. I would personally insist though or not bother taking the job on.

 

[Andy78]

I know. I would personally insist though or not bother taking the job on.

Even though this particular job is remedial work brought up by a recent EICR which should have included testing to ensure the safety of all final circuits ?

 

[Guest77]

I know. I would personally insist though or not bother taking the job on.

You won't win any work with that attitude, and before you get all touchy, I am not against your view at all, that said you wouldn't really expect a customer to pay 400-500 quid out for a full test to replace a double pole switch would you? well seriously would you?

 

[Guest666]

Even though this particular job is remedial work brought up by a recent EICR which should have included testing to ensure the safety of all final circuits ?

Maybe at least a few sample tests to see if the original EICR is accurate. Peace of mind and all that.

 

[Guest666]

You won't win any work with that attitude, and before you get all touchy, I am not against your view at all, that said you wouldn't really expect a customer to pay 400-500 quid out for a full test to replace a double pole switch would you? well seriously would you?

I do hear you. Trust me I do.

 

[Octopus]

Zdb at each DB before and Zdb at each DB after. Values noted in invoice