Code 1 Problems - Am I being Scammed?

[malcolmsanford]

Is the board change on advise of the letting agency that they require all the properties to have RCD protection ?

I know that quite a few uni's and agencies have a stipulation that all properties must have RCD protection, I just wonder if your agency stipulated same, and the sparks was informed of this?

Saying that the 150 pound price for an hours work does seem excessive, and his coding does leave a lot to be desired. Can't make out why he has LIMITED the 2 circuits on the IR test, and still managed to carry out an R1 + R2 on them.

 

[topquark]

As telectrix alluded, he may have been a plumber in disguise.

Check anyone you get in to quote on here: Local Authority Building Control - HOME

Hmmm, an unknown 2.5mm circuit with a 16A breaker, no idea what that is likely to be in a domestic environment given what else has been identified :banghead:

 

[Mark_Burgess]

That cert is a duffer, he must have measured the Zs and subtracted the Ze for the R1+R2 readings as readings are all consistently 0.22ohms difference.

I think you are right to refuse to pay for a PIR that is wrong in so many ways.

 

[telectrix]

those readings look like they were copied out of a book.

 

[telectrix]

As telectrix alluded, he may have been a plumber in disguise.

Check anyone you get in to quote on here Local Authority Building Control - HOME

Hmmm, an unknown 2.5mm circuit with a 16A breaker, no idea what that is likely to be in a domestic environment given what else has been identified :banghead:

maybe there is an immersion heater lurking away where it can't be found.

 

[topquark]

maybe there is an immersion heater lurking away where it can't be found.

Was thinking either that or the boiler feed (fused down to 3A at the boiler).

 

[telectrix]

Was thinking either that or the boiler feed (fused down to 3A at the boiler).

what's the mother-in -law got to do with it?

 

[darkforces]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I will be using all of this when speaking to the electrician later. One thing that does spring to mind. On my driveway I have a montion sensor activated lamp which comes on when anyone is within the vicinity of the front door. Could this be why he has given a Code 1 on No RCD protection?

 

[Octopus]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I will be using all of this when speaking to the electrician later. One thing that does spring to mind. On my driveway I have a montion sensor activated lamp which comes on when anyone is within the vicinity of the front door. Could this be why he has given a Code 1 on No RCD protection?

I doubt it unlessit has a 13A socket built into it which you can plug your mower into!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Why has the box been ticked for presence of RCDs, then a code 1 been applied for lack of RCD protection?
I'd also question the use of N/A in the boxes for SELV, Electrical separation, Segregation of Band I and Band II and segregation of safety circuits.
I would have thought that the door bell would be SELV and Band I, and the smoke alarm circuit would to my mind be a safety circuit?