Advice on EICR failure C2

[EFLImpudence]

Still applies.

 

[securespark]

I must have missed that. Won't a steel cabinet comply now?

IDK, I don't have a copy of the latest book.

Sorry EFLI...missed that.

 

[securespark]

And is it still the case that you can continue to fit plastic CUs in commercial premises?

There might not be many around to choose from...

 

[JohnW2]

At least under the 17th you could still use plastic CUs, as long as they were mounted within a non combustible enclosure...

Eh? Surely plastic CUs which were not in 'non-combustible enclosures' were fine, and extensively installed, in the days of 17th, weren't they?

 

[securespark]

No.

I was installing metal boards under the 17th.

 

[JohnW2]

No. I was I stalling metal boards under the 17th.

Ah, right. Having refreshed my memory, it was Amd 3 (in 2015) of BS7671:2008 ("17th") which introduced the requirement for 'non-combustible' domestic CUs. Plastic ones has been OK for the first 7 years of 17th.

 

[securespark]

I'm sorry, I'd forgotten it was part way through.
I must have been premature then. I was installing metal long before then, as directed by the company...maybe they knew something was coming?

 

[JohnW2]

I'm sorry, I'd forgotten it was part way through. I must have been premature then. I was installing metal long before then, as directed by the company...maybe they knew something was coming?

Yes, I think it was 'anticipated', even though it didn't actually 'appear' until towards the end of 17th. There was probably a year or so's consultation and messing about with Amd 3 before it was published in January 2015, then another 6 months before it became a 'requirement'.

 

[securespark]

2011.

 

[JohnW2]

2011.

As I understand it ... what happened in 2011 was Amendment 1, primarily about RCD protection. The 'non-combustible CUs' first appeared in Amendment 3, in 2015.

 

[securespark]

Sorry. 2011 is when I first started fitting metal boards.

 

[plugwash]

£500 is an odd price given what has been identified

The cynic in me would suspect that it's high enough to be profitable for a dodgy electrican, but low enough that fighting it is likely to cost more than it saves.