EICR's - How long should it take ??????

[Guffer]

Hi

Currently carrying out an EICR program for social housing and expected to carry out two a day.

This can be a struggle some days if full 10 ways and off peak too, never mind faults !

Speaking to other sparks some say one cant be done in a day and others say shut up whingeing doin four a day.

Doing this for 35 years now reckon I do reasonable job in reasonable time !

Any thoughts anyone ?

 

[Plonker 3]

Yes you can do 4 in a day, however they wont be worth the paper they are written on. Maybe worth asking him how he manages to remove and inspect all the accessories if he is doing 4 a day.

Half a hour a circuit is about the norm for a domestic install, especially if they are occupied and you are having to move furniture.

 

[Sintra]

EICR's and time don't really go hand in hand. You will have good days where perhaps you get 20 circuits tested if everything goes well and then again you will have the bad days where you're lucky to test 10.

 

[Octopus]

See, call me perdantic, but how can you walk into 4 properties and do 100% tests on the circuits if there isn't a circuit chart, heaps of stuff and just identifying the ends of radials could take all day.

I allow 1 day for a house, 3/4 of a day if its empty. Those times allow for cert filling out.

As for the guys that do EICR's for £100 or less - leave them to it. Its normally for people who just want a cert to tick a box.

 

[7029 dave]

4 in an day, no chance, unless they are arm chair ones.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Unfortunately there are lots of people who just do want the paper work. 30 mins per test

 

[Breeze]

We do 2 a day who i work for( it's social housing) we have well structured set of agreed limitations, you shouldn't be fault finding in an eicr unless it's a C1 or in my companies case the immersion heater rodstat doesn't have a thermal cutout, if you would like a could forward them onto you tomorrow

 

[Breeze]

Unfortunately there are lots of people who just do want the paper work. 30 mins per test

You can't even do the paperwork in that time

 

[Octopus]

Unfortunately there are lots of people who just do want the paper work. 30 mins per test

?? is that per site or circuit? lol

 

[snowhead]

You can't even do the paperwork in that time

You could if it was preprinted with random information and just needed the site address filling in.

 

[Adrian Sadler]

Hiya

Is there any chance I coukd have a copy too?
Cheers

 

[Octopus]

Hiya

Is there any chance I coukd have a copy too?
Cheers

Copy of what?

 

[Adrian Sadler]

Murdoch said he works for social housing and has an agreed set of limitations and offered a copy out....

Not that I going to use it but it would be interesting to see

 

[Octopus]

Murdoch said he works for social housing and has an agreed set of limitations and offered a copy out....

Not that I going to use it but it would be interesting to see

yes, now that would be interesting viewing on the forum...

 

[Breeze]

yes, now that would be interesting viewing on the forum...

Just in harrogate at the moment I will upload it tonight.

 

[shanky887614]

it depends, a lot of companies don't fill out the eicr's on site and write the results shorthand e.g.

they have codes for certain common faults


if you are purely testing and then noting further investigation required then 2+ a day would be possible if they dont do a visual on everything

 

[MG201]

If it is agreed that only 10 ,20 or whatever % or accessories will be inspected then I would imagen 2 a day is easily possible. A full 100% eicr is unheard of these days especially when they expect them done for £100 .. the full testing role has become a paper exercise and lots of firms are willing to hand them out willingly. I heard of a guy who says he can do 100 circuits a day and he was on a job with over 4000 circuits at £5 a circuit.. yip £500 a day and still home before 5pm lol
Even had the cheek to do a Saturday and managed to do 100 that day also claimed they were all 3 phrase so don’t takr as long that’s why he does the 3TP on a sat
Totally unreal what people get away with

 

[bigspark17]

Why would you open 100% of accessories on a eicr.. semi detached would be £125+v. 2 a day not a problem.

 

[SparkyAndGeorge]

If it is agreed that only 10 ,20 or whatever % or accessories will be inspected then I would imagen 2 a day is easily possible. A full 100% eicr is unheard of these days especially when they expect them done for £100 .. the full testing role has become a paper exercise and lots of firms are willing to hand them out willingly. I heard of a guy who says he can do 100 circuits a day and he was on a job with over 4000 circuits at £5 a circuit.. yip £500 a day and still home before 5pm lol
Even had the cheek to do a Saturday and managed to do 100 that day also claimed they were all 3 phrase so don’t takr as long that’s why he does the 3TP on a sat
Totally unreal what people get away with

How many of those 4000 circuits were tested from the van?

 

[MG201]

3990 I recon lol had to pull out tester on day 1 to sho client it existed lol