Neither do they say that existing "combustible" consumer units need to be replaced. But they say that newly installed units should be "non combustible" just as they say that new wiring should be brown/blue.
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And your point is?
That if one is going to say this -
- then surely that should go for everything which is not to the current regs?
So is it an assessment based upon judgment, or a simple call upon whether something complies with the current regs. in every detail? If the latter, then just about every EICR from now onward is going to be packed with C3 codes.
And your point is?
I don't recall the regulation in question being for newly installed consumer units only.
Well it is, just like any changed or new regulations, in that somewhere at the start of each new Edition they say when it comes into force. Sometimes (as with the magical non-combustible CUs) the dates of coming into force are phased.
That it would result in C3 becoming so widespread that it would lose its impact and it would probably end up being completely ignored by most people, thereby detracting from things for which a C1 or C2 can't be justified but which really could use improving.
Then maybe you shouldn't be suggesting that red/black wiring could even be considered as meriting a C3.
I wasn't suggesting that it should. I was pointing out the problem with suggesting that anything which does not meet the current requirements of BS7671 should automatically get an "improvement recommended" code precisely because it would result in such a ridiculous situation.
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