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Out of interest do they charge you a fee for this? My local one wanted copies of my quals and then a fee of around £300 when I rewired my house, I gave them an EIC once complete, just the standard format one from the regs, nothing was done by them other than a very brief site visit by a building...

I predicted some rubbish like this coming along in a post on another thread and it being turned into a cash cow. I've just rechecked the guidance on the legislation. Unless I've misinterpreted it the text in red suggests there is no requirement to be enrolled. The issue will be when...

:slap brilliant!

If they can't get it right what hope have we got  :D

It's probably a mistake by C&Gs then, in the book it's definitely IK07. To be honest I wasn't impressed with their online course thing, found a fair few mistakes in it, spelling, grammar, incorrect titles, the voice over saying the incorrect reg numbers etc. Have a look at sparkyninja on...

Smart screen? I had the same problem. The only conclusion I could come to was a mistake by C&Gs or it has been changed in amendment 1. Your answer is right going off the blue book without the amendment.

Aye, badly terminated, gland holes knocked out and un-glanded failing the IP rating and along with it removing any fire containment it might have had had it been installed correctly, and the good old favourite of cables and tails entering un-glanded holes directly against the metal edging  headbang

That's correct and the point of EICRs, it all falls down when the people doing the EICRs neglect to take note of the sections I've quoted above. The 1920s example was a bit extreme to make a point.  The more common issue and more pressing issue at the moment and the one to which I was getting...

Agreed. All that will happen is the good landlords will carry on as they were making sure their properties are safe for their tenants while the dodgy ones will get some equally dodgy EICR certificate done for £40 where they won't even get off their horse to look at the property, and the...

Thankfully they've updated the legislation, I've looked again following @kerching post. The new version is much better worded and includes the bit about the existing installations. The original one stated that all rented properties must be tested to and comply with the 18th edition of BS7671...

Page 13 of the blue book the note by the HSE indicates that as does reg 651.2 Note 2. If that wasn't the case there would be more electrical work than the country could handle every time a new edition was brought out, equally that's why I'm so narked by this new Landlord EICR government...

Listed in the NAPIT code breakers book as C3, only C2 if there are signs of thermal damage. They reference it to 421.1.201. Also worth noting reg 651.2 NOTE 2, which would obviously depend on when it was installed.

As suspected it's a bit of a lash up. Looks like heat from poor/loose connections, equally with flex over-tightening can damage the flex reducing its size and it's prone to getting wound up the side of the screw making a bad connection. 1.5mm flex (if it is that size) is good for 16a so you...

I'd ask your neighbour and just clip direct to the fence, it's easy to get hung up and overthink things, what about if x, y and z happens but in reality a cable run along the bottom of the fence isn't going to come to any harm, the main risk is if the fence is replaced but you'd be consulted on...

The spur off a spur will need sorting as the cable can become overloaded depending what you're hanging off the end of it, that's why a spur is only allowed to feed one outlet, unless you fuse it down with a fused spur of course, then it can feed multiple outlets.  Until you can get it sorted...

There's no need really and there isn't any additional protection added by a second RCD. The only advantage would be if the RCD in the consumer unit had become faulty (it does happen) your plug in one would be a back up.  You'd be fairly unlucky to have a faulty RCD and cut through the cable in...

There is some unwritten highway code only applicable to them that them themselves do not know the rules to but it does permit them to make any manoeuver they see fit without using any kind of signal, prior observation or consideration to anybody else on the road and allows them to stop and park...

If there isn't overload loose connections is the usual cause of things melting/cables burning. Any damaged cables will need repairing properly as failure to do so will again cause high resistances and resultant heat.  A 13a plug top fuse won't blow for a surprising amount of time if it's only...

They are plentiful but the ones with the link switch for the RCD seem to be few and far between, I've contacted a few manufacturers of them and they say linking the neutral and earth together manually will make them go bang. I've downloaded quite a few manuals to some of these inverters and they...

If you do manage to find the same thing cheaper if you could let me know as a family member is looking to buy it. I'm going to have a look round myself too.