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EICR - Old Rewireable Fuse boards are these acceptable?

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Hi, 


I need verification that it is ok to keep old style Wylex rewireable fuse boards to pass the EICR. Initially the electrician said this was ok providing they have a cover for the fuses. However he has now changed his mind and saying they need to be replaced with a new consumer unit. Some of the homes do not have a cover on the fuse board and others have had the cover taken off so plug in mcb's can be accomodated. Is this still ok?
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    The problem is as far as I can see, not that everybody would agree, would be the paradox of BS7671 verses the Building control regs where BS7671 is not retrospective as long as the inspector regards the installation to be safe according to the time is was installed and hence maintained and now the building control regs that expect that domestic properties to be designed and installed to the latest regulations, particularly for rental properties.

    I'm not sure there's any particular conflict between building regs and wiring regs. The requirement for rented homes to meet the 18th Ed comes from the 'Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020', not the building regs. Also the private rented regs don't specify the latest edition of the wirings regs - it specifically referenced BS 7671:2018 - so it's already out of date since we're already on AMD1.


    BS 7671 periodic inspections should be done by comparing to the edition of BS 7671 current at the time of the inspection - otherwise you'd have give different results to otherwise identical installations just because they were installed on different dates.


       - Andy.
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    The problem is as far as I can see, not that everybody would agree, would be the paradox of BS7671 verses the Building control regs where BS7671 is not retrospective as long as the inspector regards the installation to be safe according to the time is was installed and hence maintained and now the building control regs that expect that domestic properties to be designed and installed to the latest regulations, particularly for rental properties.

    I'm not sure there's any particular conflict between building regs and wiring regs. The requirement for rented homes to meet the 18th Ed comes from the 'Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020', not the building regs. Also the private rented regs don't specify the latest edition of the wirings regs - it specifically referenced BS 7671:2018 - so it's already out of date since we're already on AMD1.


    BS 7671 periodic inspections should be done by comparing to the edition of BS 7671 current at the time of the inspection - otherwise you'd have give different results to otherwise identical installations just because they were installed on different dates.


       - Andy.
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