Current GN3 p.80 says C3 means "Improvement required".
Current GN3 p.105, model EICR form, says C3 means "Improvement recommended".
Your thoughts? Bit of a cock-up if you ask me.
Well spotted. I would go with
recommended as this is what BS7671 says.
I have read through this thread and one or two key points are getting missed.
Someone had said that the EICR is conducted and assessed against the current version of the regs, and this is true.
What the regs say, is that just because an installation was constructed etc to an earlier version of the regs, then this does not deem the installation to be unsafe.
If the installation was constructed to an earlier version, and it is still safe to remain in use, then we can only recommend improvements to it.
What needs to be remembered is that we have never been allowed to install anything dangerous even going back as far as the first edition. the only thing that has changed is the technology, and as this advances then we can recommend improvements to make things safer than it was, and move with the times. all we can say is "The installation is safe, but i can recommend some improvements which will make it safer".
What we can't and mustn't do, is put our opinion on it, we can only state facts,
Cheers........Howard