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Recommended checks before CU change

Former Community Member over 6 years ago

As most of you know I’ve only been qualified for just over a year and I’ve got a quote to do for a cu upgrade.

I know I’m nowhere experienced enough to do EICR’s yet, but what would you guys recommend I check/test before doing the cu upgrade and should I do these checks/tests at the quote stage?

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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Thanks for all your replies guys, been very helpful.

What would be a low enough IR reading to cause RCD’s to trip on a new board?

The house in question is a four bedroom country house, so if I can avoid it, I’d rather not have to go around the whole place disconnecting everything, the residents are both in their late 60’s. I didn’t see a circuit diagram on my initial visit either, so it could be a fun visit anyway. I do need to find where their water & gas enters the property too, as I couldn’t see any bonding from the fuseboard and the lady wasn’t sure where they both were.
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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

Thanks for all your replies guys, been very helpful.

What would be a low enough IR reading to cause RCD’s to trip on a new board?

The house in question is a four bedroom country house, so if I can avoid it, I’d rather not have to go around the whole place disconnecting everything, the residents are both in their late 60’s. I didn’t see a circuit diagram on my initial visit either, so it could be a fun visit anyway. I do need to find where their water & gas enters the property too, as I couldn’t see any bonding from the fuseboard and the lady wasn’t sure where they both were.
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