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 Zoomup over 4 years ago

Also, if an appliance is used near to a cooker with a hot plate, plugged into the cooker panel 13 Amp socket, and the flex drapes over the hot plate and is damaged revealing a live conductor, which later gets touched by the appliance user, a lack of R.C.D. protection will increase the risk of a fatal electric shock, especially if the user touches the earthed cooker and live flex conductor at the same time.

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0 Zoomup over 4 years ago

Also, if an appliance is used near to a cooker with a hot plate, plugged into the cooker panel 13 Amp socket, and the flex drapes over the hot plate and is damaged revealing a live conductor, which later gets touched by the appliance user, a lack of R.C.D. protection will increase the risk of a fatal electric shock, especially if the user touches the earthed cooker and live flex conductor at the same time.

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