Electrical checks queries

PoGee

I hope someone can help clarify some points.
Is this bathroom light compliant with eicr rules? What is the white switch? Does the fusebox show surge protection and if the bathroom lights are on a rcd?

grumbler

AFAIK, there are no special requirements for lights outside of the Zones 0-2.

White switch - isolator switch ( - exactly what it says on the tin). Most likely for a fan.

RCD - it looks like only sockets are protected (three left MCBs).

No surge protection (but it's not compulsory) - https://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/spds/cat12370001?cm_sp=managedredirect-_-electrical-_-spds

Risteard

PoGee said:

I hope someone can help clarify some points.
Is this bathroom light compliant with eicr rules? What is the white switch? Does the fusebox show surge protection and if the bathroom lights are on a rcd?

An EICR doesn't have "rules" - it's merely a report on the condition of an electrical installation following periodic inspection and testing of the installation, subject to the Extent & Limitations agreed. It's not really relevant whether issues would be highlighted on the report - that's what the report's for. Whatever needs to be highlighted will be highlighted. Anyone else's opinion outside of the person conducting the inspection and testing is really of no relevance.

PoGee

Thanks Grumbler. I understand it a bit more now.

Ectophile

EICRs are carried out against the latest edition of BS7671, regardless of which edition was in force when your electrics were installed.

The inspector gives each non compliance a grade:

C1 = Fix it now before it kills somebody

C2 = That's not right, and should be fixed

C3 = Technically, it doesn't comply.  But it's not actually dangerous.

Any older installation is likely to get a few C3s.

FFHillbilly

if the person doing the report thinks that the bathroom light might be subject to direct water jets, ie the shower head nearby, then they code it as they see fit.
the surge protection question; the consumer unit in the picture doesn't show any surge protection, you can see that because nothing in there says "surge protection device" , and that consumer unit probably predates the necessity to include SPD's by about 30 years at a guess
here's pictures of some surge protection devices, they look similar to MCB's but without the on/off toggle, and most are a distinctive colour and have "surge protection" written on them
pictures of SPD's

Risteard

Ectophile said:

EICRs are carried out against the latest edition of BS7671, regardless of which edition was in force when your electrics were installed.

The inspector gives each non compliance a grade:

C1 = Fix it now before it kills somebody

C2 = That's not right, and should be fixed

C3 = Technically, it doesn't comply.  But it's not actually dangerous.

Any older installation is likely to get a few C3s.

There is also "FI" for further investigation required, which might reveal something unsafe. It also leads to an "Unsatisfactory" outcome.