I meant just a sly peek over the shoulder as you pass him a cup of tea, not CCTV surveillance.
You'll have to tell him he's being recorded.
If you would be so kind as to tell us the answers to these questions after he's been:-
1. Does electrician take the cover off the board?
2. Does he use a test kit or multi-function tester at all?
3. Does he leave within an hour?
We'll be able to say how competent (or lazy) the electrician is
Problem is, the LL doesn't have to act on the EICR unless there's some serious (dangerous) problems, and if he does, it could take months for any changes
I would add that I didn't put this in place for this occasion!
The CU is in the hallway to the left of the entrance door hence its covered so well by existing CCTV covering the entrance.
I will advise the guy that he may be recorded and kept for 48 hours. My only thought was this could be handy to show you guys what is found inside the CU, but absolutely no intent to show the poor spark who's probably never had anything to do with this property.
(Don't think that would be OK to do anyway and I am registered with the ICO as a data controller for the CCTV system so I take my responsibilities there seriously.)
If the guy doesn't take the cover off the board I can say I'll be moving out...
If there are two rings discovered inside the CU terminated into one MCB it may well be that DIY tampering has been at work since the EICR. BUT if only one is discovered the person who wrote up the EICR should be fired, I do wonder if there are a number of flats at the OPs location of the same size and layout and creative guesswork has been utilised rather than proper inspection and testing ?
If I tested a property with just a single ring final circuit and an electric oven was also on that circuit I'd definitely flag it up as a C3 - Improvement recommended.
It does have the name of the person signing off on the EICR on the report so I could follow up further if needed once this has taken place.
I've scanned a copy of this before anyone requests seeing it tomorrow so that I definitely have a copy.
The only C3s listed are:
1. Smoke alarms wired in 3core flex earth wire used as live
[Christ?! Thankfully its not T&E!]
2. Circuit chart not marked
3. Only partial RCD protection
[Doesn't cover the half with lighting circuits and 16A radial]
4. 4.9 Correct identification of circuit details and protective devices (514.8.1; 514.9.1) is recommended for improvement
5. 4.10 Presence of RCD quarterly test notice at or near consumer unit/distribution board (514.12.2) is recommended for improvement
6. 4.11 Presence of non-standard (mixed) cable colour warning notice at or near consumer unit/distribution board (514.14) is recommended for improvement.
7. 4.18 RCD(s) provided for fault protection - includes RCBOs (411.4.9; 411.5.2; 531.2) is recommended for improvement.
8. 4.19 RCD(s) provided for additional protection - includes RCBOs (411.3.3; 415.1) is recommended for improvement
9. 5.12.3 For cables connected in walls at a depth of less than 50mm (522.6.202; 522.6.203) is recommended for improvement.
10. 5.12.4 For cables concealed in walls/partitions containing metal parts regardless of depth (522.6.203) is recommended for improvement.
11. 8.1 Additional protection for all low voltage (LV) circuits by RCD not exceeding 30mA (701.411.3.3) is recommended for improvement.