Electrician fined for EICR.

Tomgunn: 
 

Er, Chris… what would my 43 year old, (times two Wylex CCUs, ((! x 4 way & 1 x 6 way)), installations, without any such RCD protection PLUS, hahaha, the majority are 3036's!! NEVER had a problem PLUS the metal CCUs' are as strong as a tank?

Regards… 

But an electrician preparing an EICR must raise a list of concerns and list the non-compliances with the current requirements of the Wiring Regulations.

There would almost certainly be at least one continuation sheet attached to the EICR for the observations, possibly two.

We should charge extra for EICRs on installations like that to cover the extra time taken to write the report, it adds an hour onto the time taken to write the report compared with a genuinely issue free installation, then almost invariably the person receiving the report wants a “free“ quote for remedial work.

I would quite happily pass on the opportunity to do an EICR for your installation, there’s quite possibly an extra hour or two typing up the report and the quote for remedial work as well as the time taken discussing it all with the customer over and above one that has been updated.

It’s far easier to pass an installation and move onto the next job that it is to do all the paperwork that’s involved with doing an EICR on a forty year old installation.

Tomgunn: 
 

Er, Chris… what would my 43 year old, (times two Wylex CCUs, ((! x 4 way & 1 x 6 way)), installations, without any such RCD protection PLUS, hahaha, the majority are 3036's!! NEVER had a problem PLUS the metal CCUs' are as strong as a tank?

Regards… 

But an electrician preparing an EICR must raise a list of concerns and list the non-compliances with the current requirements of the Wiring Regulations.

There would almost certainly be at least one continuation sheet attached to the EICR for the observations, possibly two.

We should charge extra for EICRs on installations like that to cover the extra time taken to write the report, it adds an hour onto the time taken to write the report compared with a genuinely issue free installation, then almost invariably the person receiving the report wants a “free“ quote for remedial work.

I would quite happily pass on the opportunity to do an EICR for your installation, there’s quite possibly an extra hour or two typing up the report and the quote for remedial work as well as the time taken discussing it all with the customer over and above one that has been updated.

It’s far easier to pass an installation and move onto the next job that it is to do all the paperwork that’s involved with doing an EICR on a forty year old installation.