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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CONDITION REPORT. LIMITATIONS.

Page 519 of B.S. 7671 18th Edition.

We do not normally inspect cables hidden under floorboards, concealed in walls or in roof spaces. Perhaps we should despite the disruption. I have just carried out an inspection and test of an old bungalow where Mr. Bodger was the previous owner. I have found many horrors. I had to dismantle some woodwork in the corner of a room where the cupboard contained numerous dangerous horrors, including the item pictured below. It supplied an immersion heater in the loft. I had to gain access to the cupboard to extend cables and provide correct junction boxes to replace choc-block joints.

Z.

Parents
  • We do not normally inspect cables hidden under floorboards, concealed in walls or in roof spaces.

    Although these days, the inspection should include "other electrical equipment in accessible loft spaces" - which presumably would include terminal blocks. Presuming of course anyone knew they were there to be inspected,,,

       - Andy.

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  • We do not normally inspect cables hidden under floorboards, concealed in walls or in roof spaces.

    Although these days, the inspection should include "other electrical equipment in accessible loft spaces" - which presumably would include terminal blocks. Presuming of course anyone knew they were there to be inspected,,,

       - Andy.

Children
  • Strictly speaking, the definition of "electrical equipment" would include a choc block as part of a wiring system, but I take it to exclude ordinary cables because of the wording in the EICR. Electrical equipment might be a TV aerial amplifier (though it could well be easier to stream nowadays), an extractor fan, or even the control box for a PV array ± battery.