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Hello,
After years of working for firms in commercial and industrial I have started picking up more and more of my own work now. Some of this is commercial and some domestic.
I've not really done much domestic before, I always managed to stay clear of it.
Now, I've just done an EICR for someone thinking of buying a house, and I notice test and inspection sheets have changed somewhat compared to what I had before. So, a few Q's.
After checking Table 4D5 BYB, I notice 4mm T&E ref method 101 gives a ccc of 22A. I take it, this has already taken into account correction factor Ci (thermal insulation). Therefore, it is only the other CF's I need to consider. Is that right?
I am unable to access the pipework near to the water stopcock, and therefore I cannot physically see or check if there is a protective bonding conductor. However, with both 10mm bonding conductors disconnected at the CU, I have tested for continuity to the water pipe on both and have 0.02ohms on one and 0.04ohms on the other. Would I record this on the schedule as a LIM or a Not Verified, or as a Code 3?
The meter enclosure on the external wall is loose, but I'm not sure which line of the schedule of inspections to record this on. Section 1.0 but which line, as none of them seem specific to the enclosure. Or should I just note it in the observations only?
Okay, last one.
A 16A 60898 feeds a radial which supplies 3 pieces of equipment both off of fuseds spurs (one 3A, one 5A) So, on the test sheet I should fill in the max ZS for the mcb. and test Zs at the spurs.
But then should I fill on an extra 2 lines below, with maz Zs values for each fuse and then test Zs twice more?
Companies I work for before would just test to the spur, but that seems to me like only testing part of the circuit? When I'm doing it for myself, I tend to worry about it a bit more.
Thanks..
After years of working for firms in commercial and industrial I have started picking up more and more of my own work now. Some of this is commercial and some domestic.
I've not really done much domestic before, I always managed to stay clear of it.
Now, I've just done an EICR for someone thinking of buying a house, and I notice test and inspection sheets have changed somewhat compared to what I had before. So, a few Q's.
After checking Table 4D5 BYB, I notice 4mm T&E ref method 101 gives a ccc of 22A. I take it, this has already taken into account correction factor Ci (thermal insulation). Therefore, it is only the other CF's I need to consider. Is that right?
I am unable to access the pipework near to the water stopcock, and therefore I cannot physically see or check if there is a protective bonding conductor. However, with both 10mm bonding conductors disconnected at the CU, I have tested for continuity to the water pipe on both and have 0.02ohms on one and 0.04ohms on the other. Would I record this on the schedule as a LIM or a Not Verified, or as a Code 3?
The meter enclosure on the external wall is loose, but I'm not sure which line of the schedule of inspections to record this on. Section 1.0 but which line, as none of them seem specific to the enclosure. Or should I just note it in the observations only?
Okay, last one.
A 16A 60898 feeds a radial which supplies 3 pieces of equipment both off of fuseds spurs (one 3A, one 5A) So, on the test sheet I should fill in the max ZS for the mcb. and test Zs at the spurs.
But then should I fill on an extra 2 lines below, with maz Zs values for each fuse and then test Zs twice more?
Companies I work for before would just test to the spur, but that seems to me like only testing part of the circuit? When I'm doing it for myself, I tend to worry about it a bit more.
Thanks..