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EICR Observations and Recommendations webinar - Free to attend!

Lisa Miles

Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Observations and Recommendations


DATE: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
TIME: 3 - 4:30pm (BST)

An EICR reports on the condition of the electrical installation of the integral wiring to highlight any safety shortcomings, defects or deviations from the current revision of the electrical regulations BS 7671.

During this webinar, speakers will discuss observations and recommendations when carrying out an electrical installation condition report (EICR) and ask the question: How can we ensure that our recommendations are as clear as possible, so that the recommendations are acted on and not overlooked. They will also discuss changes to the model forms in Amendment 2 of BS 7671:2018+A2.

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  • Thanks Lisa - it was interesting.

    I was a little disappointed by the 'it depends which versions of the regs were in force when it was done' comments though - I thought the official position had been the reverse of that for a while now.

    The idea that two identical installations should be coded differently, even to the point of one being satisfactory and the other unsatisfactory, just because the presumed installation dates fell into different versions of the regs (one 31-Dec the other 1-Jan for example) doesn't seem at all logical to me.

       - Andy.

  • I was in attendance, similar thoughts to Andy J.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    I was also a bit confused by the statement that non-compliance the with current edition could be a C2 or C3, depending on how long ago the installation took place.

  • Surely it is a code X irrespective of what version of the regs were in force at the time of design/install . Exactly identical installations completed 50, 10, 1 year ago or yesterday must attract the same code with reference to as they were tested today

  •  It was a bit like sitting at a separate table in a pub and listening with mild interest to the ruminations of three guys at the next table but wishing all the while that you could interrupt to correct a number of points. 

    Nonetheless, and without being deliberately patronizing, I had to chuckle at a few of their responses. 

    Having said that, I wouldn't care to argue with them. Afterall, the topic is just so subjective that trying to neatly package codes for all circumstances is utterly futile. 

    An exercise I often use when someone, for example, gives a code 2 is to ask them to describe in detail the danger envisaged and how that danger may arise. It is quite amazing how many chaps cannot see beyond what BS7671 requires! For many inspectors a periodic inspection is just an initial verification with codes!

    Were I one of the three lads, I imagine there would be plenty howling in protest at my stupidity, so good on them for being brave enough to tackle such a thorny subject!

    Thank you fellas and I hope you continue to put presentations together.

  • It did seem to be suggesting that social housing with electrical installations to previous editions of the regulations did not need upgrading, when I was doing Housing Association EICRs I was on the point of condemning an entire estate of houses built in the 1970's, despite the fact that replacement consumer units had been installed with 30 mA RCD protection for all final circuits, because of deterioration and badly executed additions and alterations within the original installations.

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