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How do you check circuits in a house after installing a new fuse box?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gina" data-source="post: 539907" data-attributes="member: 36065"><p>UNG, hat you describe, "So, close to zero readings would be ok for continuity checks but what Insulation Resistance checks were done as these need to be above 1MΩ as an absolute minimum and close to zero would be a circuit that couldn't be connected"</p><p> I think the electrician doesn't know! I will ask him when he comes! He may know installing things but not checking circuits. If he wanted to do a quick thing, he just checked like I could check really!</p><p></p><p>No, we paid him everything he requested. We paid including the testing and certificate of the CU. So, in fact we paid more as he did not provide certificates and the testing.. that's why I am here.. as he said he tested, but only he knows how..</p><p>I just asked about estimates here to see if he thinks that what he requested was including just very basic checks... but basic checks don't work with giving a certificate, right?</p><p>He initially would write on whatsapp £850 for CU with certificate, testing.. he also mentioned about other stuff, quoted bits, like how much for spot lights, changing a socket, a switch, installing light chadellier.. So, he wrote this bits on a whatsapp message. We paid the spot lights, but than when he returned for the rest of the work, he worked more or less hours during 4 days (really, some days would be half day) and he asked us 4 full days of work, plus materials. We paid, but initially on whatsapp he said £850 for CU with material, testing, certificate, after he finished the CU he said it would be half more over £850 as he just saw a forth fusebox under the left shelf (there where some boxes there, maybe that's why he didn't see this one fusebox). I attach the photo of this last box he didn't see... So, with this one, he would quote £1275, that includes the CU and RCDS. Is this cheap for him to not do the proper testing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gina, post: 539907, member: 36065"] UNG, hat you describe, "So, close to zero readings would be ok for continuity checks but what Insulation Resistance checks were done as these need to be above 1MΩ as an absolute minimum and close to zero would be a circuit that couldn't be connected" I think the electrician doesn't know! I will ask him when he comes! He may know installing things but not checking circuits. If he wanted to do a quick thing, he just checked like I could check really! No, we paid him everything he requested. We paid including the testing and certificate of the CU. So, in fact we paid more as he did not provide certificates and the testing.. that's why I am here.. as he said he tested, but only he knows how.. I just asked about estimates here to see if he thinks that what he requested was including just very basic checks... but basic checks don't work with giving a certificate, right? He initially would write on whatsapp £850 for CU with certificate, testing.. he also mentioned about other stuff, quoted bits, like how much for spot lights, changing a socket, a switch, installing light chadellier.. So, he wrote this bits on a whatsapp message. We paid the spot lights, but than when he returned for the rest of the work, he worked more or less hours during 4 days (really, some days would be half day) and he asked us 4 full days of work, plus materials. We paid, but initially on whatsapp he said £850 for CU with material, testing, certificate, after he finished the CU he said it would be half more over £850 as he just saw a forth fusebox under the left shelf (there where some boxes there, maybe that's why he didn't see this one fusebox). I attach the photo of this last box he didn't see... So, with this one, he would quote £1275, that includes the CU and RCDS. Is this cheap for him to not do the proper testing? [/QUOTE]
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