Why would an electrician install a 10 mm twin and earth circuit protected by a B32 MCB for a 8.5 kW shower?
Why would an electrician install a 10 mm twin and earth circuit protected by a B32 MCB for a 8.5 kW shower?
Remember we are talking a about a protective device that costs less than three quid including VAT from many suppliers, the correct MCB I have ordered from Screwfix is £2.79 from Screwfix, it’s costing more in postage £5.00 to get it posted to the customers home in case I’m not the guy who goes back to to the remedial work, so that it’s onsite for whoever does go.
I was actually asked to do a 321 mile round trip to inspect the installation, because the customer have lost confidence in the original electrician and actually took the landing carpet and floor up to do a full inspection going beyond what is normally done for an EICR to check the cables under the floor.
Just walking in and seeing a MCG MCB in a Chint consumer unit when the correct device is available from Screwfix immediately red flags the job, when I then saw it was a 32 amp device for a 8.5 kW shower it got its second red flag, then I found the busbar pins had been cut to get the incorrect device to fit and it got its third red flag.
Three red flags and that is only from looking at the MCB.
Now I’m being told I’m over cautious and can lower one of the red flags.
Remember we are talking a about a protective device that costs less than three quid including VAT from many suppliers, the correct MCB I have ordered from Screwfix is £2.79 from Screwfix, it’s costing more in postage £5.00 to get it posted to the customers home in case I’m not the guy who goes back to to the remedial work, so that it’s onsite for whoever does go.
I was actually asked to do a 321 mile round trip to inspect the installation, because the customer have lost confidence in the original electrician and actually took the landing carpet and floor up to do a full inspection going beyond what is normally done for an EICR to check the cables under the floor.
Just walking in and seeing a MCG MCB in a Chint consumer unit when the correct device is available from Screwfix immediately red flags the job, when I then saw it was a 32 amp device for a 8.5 kW shower it got its second red flag, then I found the busbar pins had been cut to get the incorrect device to fit and it got its third red flag.
Three red flags and that is only from looking at the MCB.
Now I’m being told I’m over cautious and can lower one of the red flags.
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