Testing concern

[bottlebasher]

In a refurb building in the corridors the current install is clicks (gregs) and switched fused spurs above a grided ceiling. Now the client wants a solid ceiling with no access points adjacent to clicks / spurs. Do if there were any future electrical issues it would mean access hatches.

My concern is as a tester can we energise a circuit(s) which we know will have no easy access in the event of a fault .

Also is there a statutory regulation (so not bs7671) which says they cannot do this .

Cheers for any help

 

[Pete999]

In a refurb building in the corridors the current install is clicks (gregs) and switched fused spurs above a grided ceiling. Now the client wants a solid ceiling with no access points adjacent to clicks / spurs. Do if there were any future electrical issues it would mean access hatches.

My concern is as a tester can we energise a circuit(s) which we know will have no easy access in the event of a fault .

Also is there a statutory regulation (so not bs7671) which says they cannot do this .

Cheers for any help

Don't know the Reg No but it does say that all joints etc have to be accessible, unless MF

 

[Octopus]

Common sense says you shouldn't do this!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Just do it, and let them worry about knocking holes in the ceiling when something goes wrong.

 

[Wilko]

Hi - from a statutory viewpoint the Electricity At Work Regulations 1989 says lots about installations to be constructed to be safe, able to be maintained to be safe and any work on them can be carried out safely. Further, for specific guidance I think it's normal for the lawyer types to refer to BS7671 (and other BS) to establish if reasonable efforts have been made.

 

[DPG]

Anyone who thinks having switches and fuses above a solid ceiling is a good idea isn't really thinking straight, regs or not. Daz

 

[westward10]

We have a client who always have solid ceilings in the retail area of the shop. They always have access hatches, normally near the AC units. Above these hatches are all the Klix lighting points and AC switches. How you would achieve this as a retrofit I do not know, short of some rewiring to locate all the FCUs and Klix roses to common areas with access hatches, I mean you can't have multiple access points in the new ceiling.

 

[The Ghost]

are the lights CAT II, because he will have to have holes for the lights to sit in therefore access is OK. If not a marshalling point in a discrete place with access hatch?