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

Sparkingchip
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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    Unless there is an official government approved list of of codes or guidance there will always be conflicts of opinion.


    So if challenged why you gave a code 3 for a potential issue after there has been a serious injury as a result of using the installation rather than a code 2, will it be acceptable to reply that you recommend improvement, but the person receiving the report chose to ignore your recommendation and that you made your recommendation based on the fact that at the time of of installation the issue you were coding actually complied with the regulations current of that time?


    Can anything that complied with the regulations at the time of installation ever be a code 2?


     Andy Betteridge 


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    Unless there is an official government approved list of of codes or guidance there will always be conflicts of opinion.


    So if challenged why you gave a code 3 for a potential issue after there has been a serious injury as a result of using the installation rather than a code 2, will it be acceptable to reply that you recommend improvement, but the person receiving the report chose to ignore your recommendation and that you made your recommendation based on the fact that at the time of of installation the issue you were coding actually complied with the regulations current of that time?


    Can anything that complied with the regulations at the time of installation ever be a code 2?


     Andy Betteridge 


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