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HI a question for those in the know , how long does it take to do RCD testing , eg an 8 hour day or if you were working away from home maybe a 10/12 hour day ..how many would you expect a qualified spark to do ? if you can give a upper and lower range please, also is there any short cuts that they might take that can be watched out for ?
thanks for any advice much appreciated
 
Just RCD testing ? My meter runs through its auto test sequence in around 2 minutes.
The amount able to be done would depend more on the operational limitations and access to equipment rather than the testing itself. This makes it a "how long is a bit of string" sort of answer.
 
Just RCD testing ? My meter runs through its auto test sequence in around 2 minutes.
The amount able to be done would depend more on the operational limitations and access to equipment rather than the testing itself. This makes it a "how long is a bit of string" sort of answer.
so if no limitations around 15/20 an hour would be ok ?
 
HI a question for those in the know , how long does it take to do RCD testing , eg an 8 hour day or if you were working away from home maybe a 10/12 hour day ..how many would you expect a qualified spark to do ? if you can give a upper and lower range please, also is there any short cuts that they might take that can be watched out for ?
thanks for any advice much appreciated
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I'm guessing you're not an Electrician yourself and are either a site manager or an agency aiming to squeeze as much out of the people working for you as possible

hire someone you can trust to do the job safely and properly and you'll have no issues. If you start putting tight time constraints on the job then that's when they'll be more likely to make short cuts.

If you're pricing the job for someone else then get someone with more experience to price it up or you'll end up costing yourself or your company money.

Anyway everyone knows an RCD test takes milliseconds or less than 5 seconds anyway :eek:
 
With no restrictions and the rcds not being Memshield 2 I could knock out 15 to 20 in 10 minutes, my tester obviously is not one of the modern temperamental ones. Why are you wanting to solely test quantities of rcds in an 8 hour stretch.
 
With no restrictions and the rcds not being Memshield 2 I could knock out 15 to 20 in 10 minutes, my tester obviously is not one of the modern temperamental ones. Why are you wanting to solely test quantities of rcds in an 8 hour stretch.
One word, Money.
 
I'm guessing you're not an Electrician yourself and are either a site manager or an agency aiming to squeeze as much out of the people working for you as possible

hire someone you can trust to do the job safely and properly and you'll have no issues. If you start putting tight time constraints on the job then that's when they'll be more likely to make short cuts.

If you're pricing the job for someone else then get someone with more experience to price it up or you'll end up costing yourself or your company money.

Anyway everyone knows an RCD test takes milliseconds or less than 5 seconds anyway :eek:
as said or other thread im a manager, getting moved to a diffrent site a large school , and this is part of the FM getting done just wanting a guide to what i can expect , they will be a reputable company this is only from my personal info , as to what i can expect
 
as said or other thread im a manager, getting moved to a diffrent site a large school , and this is part of the FM getting done just wanting a guide to what i can expect , they will be a reputable company this is only from my personal info , as to what i can expect
So do you not have any technical experience, as a manager you can't rely on information from a forum, how will you know your staff aren't extracting the urine?
 
as said or other thread im a manager, getting moved to a diffrent site a large school , and this is part of the FM getting done just wanting a guide to what i can expect , they will be a reputable company this is only from my personal info , as to what i can expect

In that case expect 2 RCD tests a day and pay the electrician £500 a day. .

. . On a totally unrelated issue I'm available for work :D
 
so many variables. if you have 10 RCDs in the same location, then including time to remove and refit covers/lids, disconnect circuits from RCDs ( if done properly ), maybe 10 in an hour. if the 10 are scattered around a site. they might take all day.
 
if it's a school as OP says, could be they want RCD tests done quarterly or whatever. this could be, however, just by test button?????.
 

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