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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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    AJJewsbury:




    What happens if 99 per cent of it is in good condition, is the whole installation to be condemned as dangerous?



    Yes, but you only have to get 1% fixed to change that.


       - Andy.

     




    In Sparkingchip's case he was not at the job to "fix" anything. He was simply there to carry out an inspection and test and issue an E.I.C.R. for the landlord.


    But upon reflection, using the old car M.O.T. analogy, if a car fails its M.O.T. due to say a split passenger side windscreen wiper blade ( a minor matter), then the whole car fails and should not be driven on public roads. This may demonstrate the attitude of the owner to required maintenance of the car, so should force the owner to keep the car in better condition at all times, not just before the test.


    Z.

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    AJJewsbury:




    What happens if 99 per cent of it is in good condition, is the whole installation to be condemned as dangerous?



    Yes, but you only have to get 1% fixed to change that.


       - Andy.

     




    In Sparkingchip's case he was not at the job to "fix" anything. He was simply there to carry out an inspection and test and issue an E.I.C.R. for the landlord.


    But upon reflection, using the old car M.O.T. analogy, if a car fails its M.O.T. due to say a split passenger side windscreen wiper blade ( a minor matter), then the whole car fails and should not be driven on public roads. This may demonstrate the attitude of the owner to required maintenance of the car, so should force the owner to keep the car in better condition at all times, not just before the test.


    Z.

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