Recent content by Tingle

Well, at one point he did unplug everything from the sockets for about 1/2 hour, but not the light sockets. Also, the washing machine is plugged into a socket fed by an FCU and that wasn't unplugged. But he, himself actually installed that circuit (radial remember), as he did the earth bonding...

Sorry for being dense, but I'm still unclear about this. I'm trying to establish whether the fact that the only testing done on the sockets was with a 3 light socket tester that this **proves** the testing was inadequate. Bearing in mind I was in a room with the sockets not at the c.u. or in the...

The work was done a week ago. The c.u. has the label saying the RCD should be tested quarterly, but that's the only 'documentation' that you mention provided. This is a radial system btw, and he definitely didn't test (other than with the 3 light tester) any of the sockets in two of the...

I've just had a new consumer unit installed. The electrician (niceic registered) apparently should have provided a certificate but didn't. I therefore don't know if he tested properly either. Should the testing have involved doing anything at the individual sockets - all he did there was use a...