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hi under the 17th ammnendment 3 what code would be given to lack of 30ma rcd protection in a comercial installation 100ma rcd is present
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I am not being contentious, I would like to understand your reasoning behind that statement please. With any supporting evidence if poss?The person carrying out an EICR does not need to produce a risk assessment with regards to lack of additional rcd protection.
I know you are not but the notes in BS7671 for producing an EICR make no mention of a risk assessment.I am not being contentious, I would like to understand your reasoning behind that statement please. With any supporting evidence if poss?
I have never agreed that if there are no C1 or C2 entries it is deemed satisfactory, you could have 30 odd C3, but that is okay, not in my eyes which is why we have reworded our Reports to reflect this.TBH I have recently completed about 300 pgs of EICR and we coded all buildings (4 in all, commercial offices) as C3 with a strongly worded caveat that all building would be part of PM to upgrade as the budget allowed. I suppose that if we say C2 we force the client to pay up for the improvement. If we say C3 we are suggesting that there is a significant improvement in safety if they upgrade. In principle I agree with @westward10 there is nothing to say we should do other than code it. If with a C3 we are saying the installation is satisfactory it rather flies in the face of 411.3.3 so being a belt and braces person I have (but not) considered producing a risk assessement to justify a C3 as you are giving licence to the client to not bother with upgrading. And of course as it says in the intro of BS7671 amd 3 it applies henceforth, not retrospectively.
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