Electric Safety Certificate

anselld

Davina_Hart wrote: »

Thank you for taking time to answer. Would EICR say the assessment is passed if it was to be carried out on plastic fuse board.
Would it be like an advisory we get on MOT with pass?

The term used will be "Satisfactory". The plastic fuse board will at worst be a "C3" advisory although I dont think the electrician even mentioned it when I had one done earlier this year.

There is absolutely no reason to upgrade to metal consumer.

Davina_Hart

anselld wrote: »

The term used will be "Satisfactory". The plastic fuse board will at worst be a "C3" advisory although I dont think the electrician even mentioned it when I had one done earlier this year.

There is absolutely no reason to upgrade to metal consumer.

Thank you :beer:

Badger50

A fault -free Plastic CU is not commented on unless it is located under a wooden staircase or within a sole route of escape - in which case it is a C3 advisory.

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

I've recently moved into a David Wilson home and they required a certificate for both gas and electric at our part exchange house. The report came back with unsatisfactory fuse board and a wiring fault which means the electrician couldn't issue a safe certificate.
I provided what i was given to my solicitors (also the ones provided by DW) and a couple of weeks later I moved in my new place.

A couple of weeks after that, I received an email asking what was agreed about the condition of the electrics at our part exchange house. Nothing further happened.


Good luck

marc3

Alter_ego wrote: »

Tell them you will allow them to have it inspected. A certificate in your name will be useless to them if they have any comeback.
Also elec certificates are not a requirement in a private house, only in rentals.
PS A self employed electrician should a least be able to spell it.

is it strictly true that elec c erts are required in rentals-?

my understanding was -recommended-yes.
mandatory-no (unlike gas safety which are mandatory ).

makes sense regardless-and talk of becoming mandatory-but my understanding is that currently-not a requirement.

am i right or wrong ?

Davina_Hart

I have had an electrician came today who said he can't give us electrical safety certificate as we have plastic fuse board. He said he can issue a certificate but that would be unsatisfactory.

This then lead to ring a few electrician, two of them confirmed the same on the phone. I am not technical but they were saying existing fuse board hasn't got an RCD so EICR would fail straightaway unless fuse board is changed to a metal one which would have an RCD.

G_M

marc3 wrote: »

is it strictly true that elec c erts are required in rentals-?

my understanding was -recommended-yes.
mandatory-no (unlike gas safety which are mandatory ).

makes sense regardless-and talk of becoming mandatory-but my understanding is that currently-not a requirement.

am i right or wrong ?

You are right. In England and Wales.

G_M

Davina_Hart wrote: »

I have had an electrician came today who said he can't give us electrical safety certificate as we have plastic fuse board. He said he can issue a certificate but that would be unsatisfactory.

This then lead to ring a few electrician, two of them confirmed the same on the phone. I am not technical but they were saying existing fuse board hasn't got an RCD so EICR would fail straightaway unless fuse board is changed to a metal one which would have an RCD.

The failure seems to be the lack of RCD, not the fact that it's plastic.

anselld

G_M wrote: »

You are right. In England and Wales.

Mandatory for HMOs in E&W.

newbie1980

Davina_Hart wrote: »

I have had an electrician came today who said he can't give us electrical safety certificate as we have plastic fuse board. He said he can issue a certificate but that would be unsatisfactory.

This then lead to ring a few electrician, two of them confirmed the same on the phone. I am not technical but they were saying existing fuse board hasn't got an RCD so EICR would fail straightaway unless fuse board is changed to a metal one which would have an RCD.

lack of rcd and plastic consumer unit are not unsatisfactory

they are just advisories c3s