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Best Practice Guides are not something I use and Class II protection cannot be used in a dwelling.
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Fair comment. As I said it's up to the person signing the EICR to decide.Best Practice Guides are not something I use and Class II protection cannot be used in a dwelling.
NAPIT (and therefore STROMA) have put their name to that guide, so he's disagreeing with his own scheme's guidanceRCBOs do not need a CPC to operate effectively.
Your assessor is disagreeing with the Electrical Safety First best practice guides. The guide on EICR reporting recommends a C3 where there is a lack of CPC in a circuit supplying items of all insulated all class 2 equipment.
He is of course entitled to his own opinion, but it is up to the inspector to decide whether it's C3 or C2.
Other than metallic switches, or possibly light fittings above a bath or similar, where it is possible to touch the fitting while being in contact with something at earth potential (radiator, taps, etc) it is hard to see how it would be a C2, which is basically what BPG4 says (quoted below is for C2 rating):Which raises the question, if the client genuinely cannot afford the cost of rewiring the circuit at this time, do you leave them with a potentially dangerous C2 situation?
I’m glad you brought the regulation up because people are convinced in changing the fixing screws to nylon or putting caps over the heads, which is a ridiculously waste of time.Other than metallic switches, or possibly light fittings above a bath or similar, where it is possible to touch the fitting while being in contact with something at earth potential (radiator, taps, etc) it is hard to see how it would be a C2, which is basically what BPG4 says (quoted below is for C2 rating):
So I would go with BPG1 and verify there is no current issue with insulation and change the light switch plates to basic plastic ones. But only if it was the only realistic option.
- Absence of a circuit protective conductor for a lighting circuit supplying items of Class I equipment, or connected to switches having metallic face plates
Edited to add: While not directly related, 410.3.9 (iii) has provision for reduced protection for small parts that present a low risk of significant contact or the ability to be gripped, so things like the face plate screws don't really need covering as they are unlikely to allow enough shock current to be dangerous (assume the person is not soaking wet, of course).
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