consumer unit no RCD

lesalanos

sourpuss2021 said:

Bumping this as I'm a tenant myself in a rental property that does not have RCD protection on the consumer unit.  Electrician who took a look wanted to add it for £250.   Landlord not convinced it's necessary.  Don't have EICR here yet either which is obviously wrong but I'm here for the long-term so need to work with landlord not against him.  

Found this to be a nuanced read about whether RCD protection is necessary anyway - and turns out it's not clear-cut:

https://www.electricblu.co.uk/do-landlords-need-to-fit-rcds-rental/

Illegal rather than wrong

grumbler

sourpuss2021 said:

Bumping this as I'm a tenant myself in a rental property that does not have RCD protection on the consumer unit.  Electrician who took a look wanted to add it for £250. 

Well, £200 for a half-hour job is not bad.

For the electrician, if course, not the landlord.

Ectophile

Dodgy back-street car dealers will always know an MOT station that will pass anything that can be pushed into the garage.  And dodgy landlords will always know an electrician who will do a "drive by" EICR with nothing above a Code 3 defect.