5-yearly electricity test certificates
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Autocorrect changed tenanted to tenants. I assumed the property was rented due to the five year interval suggested. Apologies. The fact remains that every electrical installation should be periodically inspected and tested.RECI & Safe Electric Registered Electrical Contractor
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The fact remains that every electrical installation should be periodically inspected and tested.0
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The initial interval is set by the installation Designer and subsequent intervals are set by the previous Inspector. These are displayed on a warning notice at the origin of the installation.RECI & Safe Electric Registered Electrical Contractor
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"These are displayed on a warning notice at the origin of the installation. "
or maybe should be! Many a premise do not have them, in my experience!
or have never had them when there was never a formal design as such!
So, where does that leave us?0 -
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Warwick_Hunt wrote: »Why don't you just give a straight answer?RECI & Safe Electric Registered Electrical Contractor
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Heedtheadvice wrote: »"These are displayed on a warning notice at the origin of the installation. "
or maybe should be! Many a premise do not have them, in my experience!
or have never had them when there was never a formal design as such!
So, where does that leave us?
Even without a "formal design" it still needs to be there. Although you may not consider a typical domestic premises to be "formally" designed, the Electrical Installation Certificate still must be signed with a declaration for the Design! It is a design whether written down with lovely CAD drawings or not.RECI & Safe Electric Registered Electrical Contractor
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Heedtheadvice wrote: »"These are displayed on a warning notice at the origin of the installation. "
or maybe should be! Many a premise do not have them, in my experience!
or have never had them when there was never a formal design as such!
So, where does that leave us?
Let's face it, nobody actually has domestic installations checked every 5 years, or 10 years, whether there's a sticker or not. So long as everything works, and nobody's been electrocuted, why would they bother?
One might be done whenever a house is sold, but not always even then.If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.0 -
Let's face it, nobody actually has domestic installations checked every 5 years, or 10 years, whether there's a sticker or not. So long as everything works, and nobody's been electrocuted, why would they bother?
One might be done whenever a house is sold, but not always even then.RECI & Safe Electric Registered Electrical Contractor
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Read another Home Information Report today which mentioned the same 5-yearly requirement, but rated the lack of certificate as a category 1 repair ie no problem whereas mine was rated category 2 ie should be given future consideration.
Only difference is that the other house is only 20 years old, so age of house must also be taken into consideration when rating the problem.0
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