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Electrical Installation User's Manual.

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We are provided with user's/owner's operation manuals with many products these days, such as with new cars or domestic electrical appliances.


Should we provide one regarding domestic electrical installations, especially if we are letting a house or flat, or after a rewire? The manual could simply cover the use of the electrical installation and the operation of consumer units and internal devices such as the main switch, M.C.B.s, R.C.B.Os and R.C.D.s. Does one exist in printed paper form already?


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    Alasdair Anderson:

    Sensible comments, Z, but who is responsible for the testing? I would have expected the Landlord to be the responsible person here rather than the tenant. The rest I would agree with, though, as being a sensible approach.




    Well, the test buttons on smoke alarms are easy for the amateur to operate. Some have a silence facility as well, so it may be necessary to educate users that two functions are incorporated withing one push button.  Also the test buttons on R.C.Ds are designed to be operated by untrained people. You do not have to be a trained electrician to use an R.C.D. test button. But what happens when you press it, and how to turn the switch back on  may be an unfamiliar operation to the tenants. If the consumer unit is at high level or hidden in a cupboard then the R.C.D. testing may be ignored.


    I can't see many landlords getting an electrician in every 6 months to test R.C.D.s. 514.12.2



    Z.

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    Alasdair Anderson:

    Sensible comments, Z, but who is responsible for the testing? I would have expected the Landlord to be the responsible person here rather than the tenant. The rest I would agree with, though, as being a sensible approach.




    Well, the test buttons on smoke alarms are easy for the amateur to operate. Some have a silence facility as well, so it may be necessary to educate users that two functions are incorporated withing one push button.  Also the test buttons on R.C.Ds are designed to be operated by untrained people. You do not have to be a trained electrician to use an R.C.D. test button. But what happens when you press it, and how to turn the switch back on  may be an unfamiliar operation to the tenants. If the consumer unit is at high level or hidden in a cupboard then the R.C.D. testing may be ignored.


    I can't see many landlords getting an electrician in every 6 months to test R.C.D.s. 514.12.2



    Z.

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