Good to see you. I think I agree with what you are saying, although I thought it was what people were doing, anyway. Does not something which is non-compliant with current regulations but which was compliant with the regs at the time of installation (no matter how recent/old those previous regs were) always deserve at least a C3?To my mind we have had three editions of BS7671, 1992, 2001 and 2008 and even to go back two editions is questionable with a PIR we looked at the previous edition so BS7671:2001 would still be considered as complying. It's stretching it to include BS7671:1992 but to include the 15th Edition and lighting without an earth to my mind is going too far. ... I read this and think it is saying that you would apply the regs at the time of installation. That's not correct, as you apply the regs in effect today. A non-RCD potected circuit will have been okay in 2003, but it's potentially a C3 today. if we started retrospectively applying regs, we'd have a nightmare of a job carrying out an inspection.
Kind Regards, John
Hi John
I am just a bit confused by the reference to editions back to 92. If a socket is non-compliant today, I don't see why it's relevant that it complied with the regs when it was installed. If Eric, applies some kind of retrospective and ignores the socket because it was okay in 2003, the report is wrong. If he doesn't, why mention the previous editions.