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Board change
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If a EICR has been carried out recently 4 weeks ago, if you change the board would you be required to carryout testing on all circuits or can you reference the EICR.
You need to go over the process of initial verification when you change a board, exactly as you would when you have a brand new installation.
You certainly go through the whole I&T process - but (as a minimum) only over the work you've just done (and therefore certifying) - not necessarily the entire installation. For a simple domestic it may well be simpler to just test each of the circuits in their entirety, but in larger installations that would be impractical so you would almost certainly look for ways to limit the testing beyond what had been worked on.
Having the word "Installation" in our certificates does seem to cause a lot of confusion - Joe Public especially often seems to assume it covers the entire (existing) installation, despite what's written in the 'Extent of installation covered by this certificate' box.
You need to go over the process of initial verification when you change a board, exactly as you would when you have a brand new installation.
You certainly go through the whole I&T process - but (as a minimum) only over the work you've just done (and therefore certifying) - not necessarily the entire installation. For a simple domestic it may well be simpler to just test each of the circuits in their entirety, but in larger installations that would be impractical so you would almost certainly look for ways to limit the testing beyond what had been worked on.
Having the word "Installation" in our certificates does seem to cause a lot of confusion - Joe Public especially often seems to assume it covers the entire (existing) installation, despite what's written in the 'Extent of installation covered by this certificate' box.
