RCD Protection For Old Installations

AJJewsbury: 
 

So, have the Government made the IET and BSI responsible for setting the standards?

 

As for the OP's situation, it doesn't seem that difficult to me (although I may be missing something). There are plenty of industry guides to refer to (some of least I'm sure have been prepared with IET co-operation).  I think (but to check) that most list the ommission of 30mA RCD protection as:

• for sockets (≤32A) - C2 if they're likely to supply equipment outdoors, C3 otherwise
• for cables concealled in walls - C3
• for domestic lighting circuits generally - C3
• for bathrooms - C3 if any required supplementary bonding is present & correct, C2 otherwise,

(occasionally c.p.c.s. and/or main bonding can satisfy the requirements for main bonding explicit supplementary bonding conductors)

So as long as you end up with no C2s (or C1s or FIs) you can issue an EICR with a satisfactory.

To my mind there should be no difference between an EICR produced for a rented properly as to any other produced to the same version of BS 7671. BS 7671 doesn't change between private rented and anything else, so neither should the corresponding EICR. 

   - Andy.

I did not see any supplementary bonding there. Which makes it C2 in this case. 

AJJewsbury: 
 

So, have the Government made the IET and BSI responsible for setting the standards?

 

As for the OP's situation, it doesn't seem that difficult to me (although I may be missing something). There are plenty of industry guides to refer to (some of least I'm sure have been prepared with IET co-operation).  I think (but to check) that most list the ommission of 30mA RCD protection as:

• for sockets (≤32A) - C2 if they're likely to supply equipment outdoors, C3 otherwise
• for cables concealled in walls - C3
• for domestic lighting circuits generally - C3
• for bathrooms - C3 if any required supplementary bonding is present & correct, C2 otherwise,

(occasionally c.p.c.s. and/or main bonding can satisfy the requirements for main bonding explicit supplementary bonding conductors)

So as long as you end up with no C2s (or C1s or FIs) you can issue an EICR with a satisfactory.

To my mind there should be no difference between an EICR produced for a rented properly as to any other produced to the same version of BS 7671. BS 7671 doesn't change between private rented and anything else, so neither should the corresponding EICR. 

   - Andy.

I did not see any supplementary bonding there. Which makes it C2 in this case.