Electrician fined for EICR.

perspicacious: 
 

653.2 requires only reporting on any non-compliance with the requirements of B.S. 7671  WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER. (Caps. mine) Z.

It appears your copy of the 18th is non compliant Z, as the actual text reads:

The Report shall include the following:

• details of those parts of the installation that have been inspected and tested
• any limitations of the inspection and testing
• any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions
• any non-compliance with the requirements of BS 7671 which may give rise to danger
• schedules of inspection as appropriate to those detailed in Section 642
• schedules of results of the appropriate tests detailed in Section 643

 

More so, Reg 651.4 requires: Details of any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions shall be recorded in a report.

Note the requirement for defect reporting is given equal status.

Regards

BOD

 

 

Under the heading of “Satisfactory for continued use”, I was referring only to the part of the regulation that refers to aspects “THAT MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER.” Readers can refer to the complete regulation for associated information as you well know, that is why I quoted the regulation number.

My full post….

 

That should presumably be taken as a legal precedent that forty year old installations are unlikely to be classed as satisfactory on an EICR?

Andy B.

So what is 651.2 NOTE 2 all about then?

"……this does not necessarily mean that they are unsafe" Presumably meaning that they are “satisfactory for continued use.”

My home electrics are older than 40 years and present no immediate  danger.

Perhaps in the eyes of the inspector it did comply with 651.2. (i) to (vi).

653.2 requires only reporting on any non-compliance with the requirements of B.S. 7671  WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER. (Caps. mine)

Z.

perspicacious: 
 

653.2 requires only reporting on any non-compliance with the requirements of B.S. 7671  WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER. (Caps. mine) Z.

It appears your copy of the 18th is non compliant Z, as the actual text reads:

The Report shall include the following:

• details of those parts of the installation that have been inspected and tested
• any limitations of the inspection and testing
• any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions
• any non-compliance with the requirements of BS 7671 which may give rise to danger
• schedules of inspection as appropriate to those detailed in Section 642
• schedules of results of the appropriate tests detailed in Section 643

 

More so, Reg 651.4 requires: Details of any damage, deterioration, defects or dangerous conditions shall be recorded in a report.

Note the requirement for defect reporting is given equal status.

Regards

BOD

 

 

Under the heading of “Satisfactory for continued use”, I was referring only to the part of the regulation that refers to aspects “THAT MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER.” Readers can refer to the complete regulation for associated information as you well know, that is why I quoted the regulation number.

My full post….

 

That should presumably be taken as a legal precedent that forty year old installations are unlikely to be classed as satisfactory on an EICR?

Andy B.

So what is 651.2 NOTE 2 all about then?

"……this does not necessarily mean that they are unsafe" Presumably meaning that they are “satisfactory for continued use.”

My home electrics are older than 40 years and present no immediate  danger.

Perhaps in the eyes of the inspector it did comply with 651.2. (i) to (vi).

653.2 requires only reporting on any non-compliance with the requirements of B.S. 7671  WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO DANGER. (Caps. mine)

Z.