Test New Fuse Board

[rob196]

Had anyone been asked to fit a fuse board and certify it but with no circuits on it what so ever?

 

[M107]

Yes

 

[Murdoch]

I'd be VERY clear on the Invoice, cert and LABC notification exactly what the scope of works are!

 

[rob196]

But surely there would be no point if your the same contractor doing the rest of he work like putting the cables in and wiring the circuits in.

 

[Steve3948]

What do consider to be the scope of the works.

You certify on completion of your scope of works.

 

[M107]

To elaborate

My customer wanted his meter moving on a property he was going to renovate, SSE wouldn't  reconnect to this little lot,

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So I put in a Wylex cu with nothing connected apart from the new tails from new meter, Issued an EIC with scope of works listed as "CU only no out going circuits to be installed or connected to this consumer unit".

Also issued a danger notice on the old installation & SSE disconnected it for the meter move.

I then undertook a rewire of the property over an 18 month period as & when the owner had the finances to pay for a few days work & materials. 

 

[ProDave]

Interesting M107

Up here, the northern half of SSE will not connect a new supply to an empty CU.

They expect to see at least one completed and tested circuit, which is usually just a site supply socket right next to the CU.

I always of course limit my EIC to "dead testing only, no supply connected"

 

[M107]

The lads on the day didn't want to connect it said they would terminate to an isolator if I had one, but as I had the quote & acceptance from the customer that the rewire would be starting the following week, they went ahead & connected it.

I removed the busbar & the cu was full of blanks apart from the mainswitch & rcd's...........they seemed happy enough.

That was a few years ago now.

 

[steptoe]

Yer, round here they like to connect to a REC2, I've never had any problems getting that done,

Dunno what they would do with an empty cu.

 

[apprentice87]

I know a chap who used to be an electricity board inspector, [now an airline pilot!!] Anyway, he told me years ago, just present them with an isolator, [Like a rec2/4 whatever] what comes after that is none of their business...

john...

 

[steptoe]

The lads on the day didn't want to connect it said they would terminate to an isolator if I had one, but as I had the quote & acceptance from the customer that the rewire would be starting the following week, they went ahead & connected it.

I removed the busbar & the cu was full of blanks apart from the mainswitch & rcd's...........they seemed happy enough.

That was a few years ago now.

do you fit REC2s now 107?

seems silly not too once you get into the habit of doing it, allows for future maintenance and such like.

 

[M107]

I do normally, but on the last job no i didnt............it was already there.