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baldsparkies
A lad, well not really he's 32, has made an error on a pir report thats got him bricking it.
He tested an existing install that had no rcd protection to the shower.
Where did he go wrong ?? well he gave it a code 4.
Trouble is there was no supplementary bonding either, sooo code 2.
His problem is he recorded a satisfactory on his report, obviously wrong, and due to the intervention for an unrelated incident by another contractor some months later, the error has been picked up.
I did say pir's are a minefield and you should always go down the cover your bottom road. point in proof I would say.
I did say at the end of the day its his assesment and opinion thats the bottom line. He will need to try to justify his code 4 which may not be easy. I saw the reports from both partys, and readings and observations were very much the same. The code 4 to 2 on the shower being the only issue.
I did notice the Zs was 0.38 ohms and protective device 32a 60898 type b. So effectively disconnection times would most certainly be acheived in the event of an earth fault.
I said, its not a good position to be in, but I have seen far far worse periodics than this in my time.
Just goes to show, you have to know your way around PIR's but didn't feel he should lose to much sleep on it, just learn by his mistake and don't let anyone pressure you into giving a satisfactory cus its your sig on the ticket.
What do you guys reckon.
He tested an existing install that had no rcd protection to the shower.
Where did he go wrong ?? well he gave it a code 4.
Trouble is there was no supplementary bonding either, sooo code 2.
His problem is he recorded a satisfactory on his report, obviously wrong, and due to the intervention for an unrelated incident by another contractor some months later, the error has been picked up.
I did say pir's are a minefield and you should always go down the cover your bottom road. point in proof I would say.
I did say at the end of the day its his assesment and opinion thats the bottom line. He will need to try to justify his code 4 which may not be easy. I saw the reports from both partys, and readings and observations were very much the same. The code 4 to 2 on the shower being the only issue.
I did notice the Zs was 0.38 ohms and protective device 32a 60898 type b. So effectively disconnection times would most certainly be acheived in the event of an earth fault.
I said, its not a good position to be in, but I have seen far far worse periodics than this in my time.
Just goes to show, you have to know your way around PIR's but didn't feel he should lose to much sleep on it, just learn by his mistake and don't let anyone pressure you into giving a satisfactory cus its your sig on the ticket.
What do you guys reckon.