Your answers Gentlemen, please. This is indicating a serious problem in the Industry. Trust is now zero. I am disgusted with the behavior of these alleged "inspectors" who are dim, dumb, deaf and blind, and cannot read the BBB. It is not good enough is it?
The analogy with an MOT is worth further thought. A car is very complex, and it is not reasonable to take it to bits completely every year to test it.
So all that is tested are the core safety features and warning features, brakes, lights and so on,and those externals that can be done quickly like tyres and a quick visual for big rust holes.
Indeed when changing the rules to make the tests more complex, full testing of rear seatbelts on vehicles with more than the normal number was removed, to keep the test time proportionate.
For the same level for electrical installation we could have a walk round visual inspection report plus pressing all test buttons on RCDs and batteries in fire alarms. Maybe, or maybe not, an R2 wander lead with buzzer to the major metal appliances. And that would be that.
No great schedules of circuits, no insulation tests, no agonising about cable route or installation methods.
Would that be enough to catch the really dangerous cases - fire hazards and exposed live bits - probably most, but perhaps not all.
Is it as good as an EICR ? no of course not.
Would it pass systems with regs failures ? certainly.
But is it proportionate to the risks and costs? Hmm.
The analogy with an MOT is worth further thought. A car is very complex, and it is not reasonable to take it to bits completely every year to test it.
So all that is tested are the core safety features and warning features, brakes, lights and so on,and those externals that can be done quickly like tyres and a quick visual for big rust holes.
Indeed when changing the rules to make the tests more complex, full testing of rear seatbelts on vehicles with more than the normal number was removed, to keep the test time proportionate.
For the same level for electrical installation we could have a walk round visual inspection report plus pressing all test buttons on RCDs and batteries in fire alarms. Maybe, or maybe not, an R2 wander lead with buzzer to the major metal appliances. And that would be that.
No great schedules of circuits, no insulation tests, no agonising about cable route or installation methods.
Would that be enough to catch the really dangerous cases - fire hazards and exposed live bits - probably most, but perhaps not all.
Is it as good as an EICR ? no of course not.
Would it pass systems with regs failures ? certainly.
But is it proportionate to the risks and costs? Hmm.
