What he means is - the electrician will give no guarantee for the parts you buy.
oh. Thanks. Does that mean he can't do an EIC?What he means is - the electrician will give no guarantee for the parts you buy.
As the OP has said, if he bought the parts himself, he would presumably get a guarantee - so there is probably no difference in relation to the parts.What he means is - the electrician will give no guarantee for the parts you buy.
However, does an electrician's guarantee cover the labour costs of replacing parts as well as the cost of the replacement parts themselves. If so, that would obviously be a difference - but, as a matter of interest, if that is the case, how is it (the labour cost) usually financed - out of the electrician's pocket, or by some sort of insurance?
I think we can pretty much guarantee that the maker would limit his warranty cover to the provision of a replacement unit, no labour costs at all.it would be for him to argue with the warrenty supplier who is to pay for an installed item to be swapped out on site.
The electrician has been to look at the job and we've had a discussion about what I need and whats there(ie:earthing,circuits, new feeds I want) so why wouldn't I get an EIC or notification done?
Unless it were obviously mechanically broken, the most likely 'fault' in a CU (assuming it was bought 'populated') would be fairly early failure of one or more of the devices within it (MCBs, RCBOs, RCDs, Main Switch etc.). That could take 'months' (or, obviously, longer) to show itself - so, assuming it happened within the warranty period, it would still be 'a faulty CU' (covered by the warranty), but obviously not something that could be dealt with by 'same day replacement' on the day or foriginal installation.I hadn't thought about the consequences if the CU I bought was faulty, could happen I suppose and if I'd or electrician bought from local suppplier could at least go back on the same day for replacement.
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