EICR code- Cooker switch with a socket outlet lacking RCD protection.

Sparkingchip over 4 years ago

1980's end of terrace house, MEM Memera consumer unit with a RCBO to provide 30 mA RCD protection to the socket ring circuit, but no other circuits have RCD protection and there is not any outdoor sockets at all.

There is a cooker switch incorporating a 13-amp socket outlet, which is the closest socket to the kitchen window and with 1.5 metres of it, this socket does not have 30 mA RCD protection, what EICR code should be applied and why?

Andy Betteridge

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0 AJJewsbury over 4 years ago

neither can it be labelled not for outdoor use in a domestic property

Why not?

OK, it's not an acceptable excuse for omitting 30mA RCD protection to a socket in new work - but I don't think there's any prohibition on providing useful safety information for existing installations. (Compare with the 'do not connect class I items to this circuit' labels for lighting circuits without a c.p.c.)

- Andy.
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0 AJJewsbury over 4 years ago

neither can it be labelled not for outdoor use in a domestic property

Why not?

OK, it's not an acceptable excuse for omitting 30mA RCD protection to a socket in new work - but I don't think there's any prohibition on providing useful safety information for existing installations. (Compare with the 'do not connect class I items to this circuit' labels for lighting circuits without a c.p.c.)

- Andy.
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