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I change a domestic consumer unit perhaps once per month.
I do some simple tests on the pre works visit.. global IR, few pictures, check Main bonding. This means I have an idea if any extra work may be required which I mention in the quote.
When I am carrying out the actual CU change I do the dead tests after I have removed the existing CU and just have all the cables poking out of the wall (or into the shell of the new CU). It doesn't make any sense to terminate them all neatly and then take them out again for the dead tests. Live tests at the end when all is finished.
I don't think you need to carry out an EICR with every board change. Just a good pre works visit. On occasion I may suggest an EICR if the house looks like it needs it. This would then be cheaper than a normal EICR as some of the work is duplicated with CU change.
Likewise for me with testing before taking the old CU came off the wall; used to do that on another day, before changing the CU.
Don't think I would of much domestic work, charging for an EICR, then doing the CU change as an additional quotation.
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Neat & Tidy but no dead testing ...
There was no evidence of any testing. Haven't we seen this lot before?