What do you mean by that? Are you aware of any electrical 'regs' more 'up-to-date' than BS 7671:2018 (I've yet to hear of any Amendments) ?I guess a diy forum wouldn’t be up on the latest regs.
Kind Regards, John
What do you mean by that? Are you aware of any electrical 'regs' more 'up-to-date' than BS 7671:2018 (I've yet to hear of any Amendments) ?I guess a diy forum wouldn’t be up on the latest regs.
Beware of "books"
Kind Regards, John
Ah. The infamous D.W.Cockburn.
Yet again .... NO. An EICR is about the electrical installation and it's compliance with BS7671 - and nothing more than that.Is fire detection and prevention now part of an electricians duties and training?
This is getting rather silly. If there is no electrical installation, then it is obviously impossible for an inspection of the non-existent installation to be undertaken or for an Electrical Installation Condition Report to be produced.Take it to the extreme then work back, so a shepherds retreat on the mountain side in Wales with no electricity supply, will it pass an EICR? Nothing complies with BS7671 as there is nothing to comply.
Again, whether or not there are potential dangers, that's nothing to do with EICRs or EICR 'codes' if there is no electrical installation.However to the question is the potential danger clearly the answer is no. So there can be no C2 raised.
Still rather silly. The only reason why anyone would commission an EICR is if they were contemplating using the electrical installation, even if it had not been used for years and did not currently have an electricity supply- and, in that situation, the inspection and reporting should presumably be the same as it would be for any electrical installation - although there would obviously be limitations on what testing could be done if there were no electrical supply.So next we have an old property with its own generator, installed 1923 shall we say, not been used in years, the engine is totally seized solid so will not run, and no national grid supply, the wiring is in one hell of a state, but in real terms it is the same as the shepherds retreat, there is nothing which can cause a potential danger so no C2 raised, or is there?
I didn't know that it has ever been different, since I can't see how one could ever give a 'satisfactory' ('pass') overall assessment in the presence of one or more FIs - since an F1 means that there may be a C1 or C2, but that has not yet been determined.In the past it really did not matter, we could give it a F1 and that was the end of that. But an F1 is considered as a fail, but really it depends on what and why an F1 is given.
We've been through this one before (and you might have added that for 300-500W, that minimum distance becomes 1 metre!), and at least some of us suspect that it's a very badly worded regulation, which was meant to say that a luminaire (i.e. the radiated light/head from it) should not be 'pointed at' combustible materials within the specified distance (which would make some sense). As written, it makes little/no sense, since what is special about a luminaire? If it meant what you are assuming it to mean, why would there not be a similar regulation forbidding any electrical equipment which dissipated any amount of power (note that 'up to 100W' has no lower bound) being within 0.5m of combustible materials?? !So back to BS7671 "a luminaire shall be kept at an adequate distance from Combustible materials." and "Unless otherwise recommended by the manufacturer, a small spotlight or projector shall be installed at the following minimum distance from combustible materials: (i) Rating up to 100 W 0.5 m" ... So tell me what floor has 0.5 meters between ceiling and floor above?
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