EICR, no 3A fuse for a fan

[littlespark]

Doing an EICR, would you expect to see instruction manuals for such equipment, mostly installed years previously.

No, but you could take the model number and google it…..

 

[ipf]

No, but you could take the model number and google it…..

Was he the dog on Magic Roundabout?

 

[timhoward]

In general I'd rather end up with a shorter list of EICR findings that are actually significant than a long list with some of them being more or less irrelevant.
If I code a missing 3A fuse for a fan it could lead to other findings that are much more important being taken less seriously.

 

[cliffed]

Usually the Fan is connected to the lighting supply in a domestic situation & in the bathroom area.
Not seen a switched spur in those situations, which could be awkward to action.
Seems reasonable if required but like I said never seen it done, TBF don’t think I’ve ever coded it or even thought of coding, im looking for the isolation switch only… but may think differently now

 

[Taylortwocities]

looking for the isolation switch only…

How would you code it if there's no isolation switch? Don't remember a reg for that...

 

[James]

Can’t remember, there used to be a reg that said something like
local isolation for mechanical maintenance should be installed for rotating machinery?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Can’t remember, there used to be a reg that said something like
local isolation for mechanical maintenance should be installed for rotating machinery?

Yes, but that’s for stuff like lathes, not a bathroom fan.

 

[brianmoooore]

Bathroom fans need regular maintenance to remove the build up of skin tissue from them, and there are live exposed terminals (often permanently live) while doing so.

 

[cliffed]

How would you code it if there's no isolation switch? Don't remember a reg for that...

Maybe a C3 we always fit a 3/4 Pole isolation switch

 

[Taylortwocities]

Bathroom fans need regular maintenance to remove the build up of skin tissue from them, and there are live exposed terminals (often permanently live) while doing so.

I dont go maintaining/cleaning my fans at night time, so I (radical I know) wander over to the consumer unit and turn off the MCB for the circuit that powers the fan.