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Exposed: Cash for logos and drive by inspections

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Inadequate inspections on the safety of wiring in buildings across England are increasing the risk of fires, E&T has found. A flawed regulatory system has sparked a race to the bottom, with some businesses profiting at the expense of the public’s safety. 

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  • In some ways we might have gone full circle.

    Back in the 1980’s when I had a fuse board without RCD protection I installed a RCD protected fused connection unit to supply a outdoor socket, then my home fully complied with the requirements for RCD protection.

    If I were in the same situation now it could be argued that without any RCD protection for the sockets at all there should be a Code 2 making an EICR, but it would only need one or two SRCD for outdoor sockets to reduce the code to C3 making an EICR possibly satisfactory.

    So we are back in the situation where swapping a socket for a SRCD or installing a dedicated outdoor SRCD for not a lot of money could be the difference between a satisfactory and unsatisfactory EICR.

    www.screwfix.com/.../91095

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  • In some ways we might have gone full circle.

    Back in the 1980’s when I had a fuse board without RCD protection I installed a RCD protected fused connection unit to supply a outdoor socket, then my home fully complied with the requirements for RCD protection.

    If I were in the same situation now it could be argued that without any RCD protection for the sockets at all there should be a Code 2 making an EICR, but it would only need one or two SRCD for outdoor sockets to reduce the code to C3 making an EICR possibly satisfactory.

    So we are back in the situation where swapping a socket for a SRCD or installing a dedicated outdoor SRCD for not a lot of money could be the difference between a satisfactory and unsatisfactory EICR.

    www.screwfix.com/.../91095

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