perspicacious: More so, Reg 651.4 requires: Details of any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions shall be recorded in a report.
Good point! As far as I am aware, my installation has not been damaged and it has not deteriorated (though I have not inspected every inch of it). If there were any defects, they should have been picked up on initial verification. There is no reason to believe that any of it is dangerous.
Age per se is no reason to condemn an installation, but I do accept that there must be limits. I think that we simply don't know the lifespan of PVC cables so it might well be that a 60 year old installation is perfectly safe.
We see all sorts of horrors in here and elsewhere. They seem to arise from bad installation in the first place or inappropriate extension, but not age.
perspicacious: More so, Reg 651.4 requires: Details of any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions shall be recorded in a report.
Good point! As far as I am aware, my installation has not been damaged and it has not deteriorated (though I have not inspected every inch of it). If there were any defects, they should have been picked up on initial verification. There is no reason to believe that any of it is dangerous.
Age per se is no reason to condemn an installation, but I do accept that there must be limits. I think that we simply don't know the lifespan of PVC cables so it might well be that a 60 year old installation is perfectly safe.
We see all sorts of horrors in here and elsewhere. They seem to arise from bad installation in the first place or inappropriate extension, but not age.
