EICR's after 1st Jan 2019 ....

[ruston]

Instead of putting the onus on the installer/tester the manufactures should have to bite the bullet as we do and declare their compatible, or otherwise components.

 

[Adam W]

Same manufacturer in the op picture but I agree with your comments regarding different brands used

I didn't realise it was the same brand - I don't often use Lewden.

 

[Nigel]

You know I think we can get a bit carried away at times on here, I'd love to know where two different makes of RCBO in the same DB, both correctly fitted and of identical dimensions and characteristics could result in an installer or inspector ending up in front of a judge and jury !

Agreed. Ridiculous comment.

 

[Selfmade]

I bought a CED consumer unit from QVS when I'd not long started and it came with some Excel (QVS own brand I believe) MCBs. They were identical to the CED ones and already installed in the CU. Would this stand up in court? I still have some Excel MCBs and plan to fit a couple in a CED consumer unit which currently has an incorrect Hager MCB fitted for one circuit.

 

[Selfmade]

MEM & Eaton. Obviously the same and seen them mixed in a board many times. Possibly GE too.

 

[Selfmade]

Shirly the only thing that matters from a technical perspective is that the bus bar makes proper contact with the feed terminal of the breaker.

 

[Nigel]

Shirly the only thing that matters from a technical perspective is that the bus bar makes proper contact with the feed terminal of the breaker.

There is heat dissipation between adjacent MCBs too.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

This has been in force since the 17th 3rd amendment.

 

[Adam W]

You know I think we can get a bit carried away at times on here, I'd love to know where two different makes of RCBO in the same DB, both correctly fitted and of identical dimensions and characteristics could result in an installer or inspector ending up in front of a judge and jury !

Maybe unlikely, but do you not think if anything (perhaps unrelated) were to go wrong a solicitor would jump on the fact that a 'professional' had wilfully ignored their own industry's code of best practice?

 

[Adam W]

Agreed. Ridiculous comment.

So you would just disregard that regulation then would you Neil?
What other regulations would you choose to ignore? All of them?
It's people like you that give the industry a bad name.