John Peckham:
Chris
Your SRCD near doors to the outside on your 15th Edition installation were no no doubt put there to comply with regulation 471-12 of the 15th Edition to protect leads and appliances going outside the equipotential zone. Your SRCDs would have no doubt complied with BS 7288-1990 not the current BS 7288-2016. I would recommend you bring your whole installation up to the 18th Edition standard for the added benefits. Just to show I am not smug I have a house with a 16th Edition installation. I have a new dual RCD board sitting on the floor waiting for me to get my a**e in to gear and get it fitted, in my defence I do now have Type 2 surge protection on my newly fitted REC 2 isolator carried out as part of the enabling works for the CU upgrade.
If I may ask a rude question, " Are you happy to sign EICs and Minor Works as being compliant with BS 7671 when you have fitted an SRCD"? How would you code a BS 7288-2016 having discovered one on a periodic inspection?
John Peckham:
Chris
Your SRCD near doors to the outside on your 15th Edition installation were no no doubt put there to comply with regulation 471-12 of the 15th Edition to protect leads and appliances going outside the equipotential zone. Your SRCDs would have no doubt complied with BS 7288-1990 not the current BS 7288-2016. I would recommend you bring your whole installation up to the 18th Edition standard for the added benefits. Just to show I am not smug I have a house with a 16th Edition installation. I have a new dual RCD board sitting on the floor waiting for me to get my a**e in to gear and get it fitted, in my defence I do now have Type 2 surge protection on my newly fitted REC 2 isolator carried out as part of the enabling works for the CU upgrade.
If I may ask a rude question, " Are you happy to sign EICs and Minor Works as being compliant with BS 7671 when you have fitted an SRCD"? How would you code a BS 7288-2016 having discovered one on a periodic inspection?
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