Metal electric wall heaters - no cpc present.

[zvspark]

I all 4 bedrooms in a rented property, there are cheap metal electric wall heaters. By design their cables are made of two wires - no cpc.They are plugged into a socket circuit with 32 A MCB.How would you code that? AThe heaters are not part of the installation, do i need to put that in the report?

 

[davesparks]

If they have been supplied with a 2 core flex they are likely to be class 2, have you checked the label on the heaters?

 

[DPG]

I all 4 bedrooms in a rented property, there are cheap metal electric wall heaters. By design their cables are made of two wires - no cpc.They are plugged into a socket circuit with 32 A MCB.How would you code that? AThe heaters are not part of the installation, do i need to put that in the report?

Are they class I or class II?

Edit: posted same time as DS

 

[James]

If they are plugged in, no code as they are not part of the fixed wiring.
you may want to put a note on the report if infact they are class 1 appliances

if they are class 2 then there is no issue.

 

[zvspark]

If they have been supplied with a 2 core flex they are likely to be class 2, have you checked the label on the heaters?

 

[zvspark]

If they are plugged in, no code as they are not part of the fixed wiring.
you may want to put a note on the report if infact they are class 1 appliances

if they are class 2 then there is no issue.

So if it's plugged in it's not my problem. Thanks

 

[DPG]

So if it's plugged in it's not my problem. Thanks

Indeed. Are they class I or II though?

 

[loz2754]

Regardless of whether they're plugged in appliances or not, you've identified a potentially dangerous situation. I would not be happy to walk away from that without first confirming whether the heaters are Class I or Class II.
If they are Class I then I would feel obligated to point this out to the owner, perhaps by way of a comment on the EICR, or in an email.
Although I suspect they're actually Class II.

 

[zvspark]

Indeed. Are they class I or II though?

 

[davesparks]

If they are plugged in, no code as they are not part of the fixed wiring.
you may want to put a note on the report if infact they are class 1 appliances

if they are class 2 then there is no issue.

Being connected by a plug and socket doesn't necessarily exclude something from being part of an EICR.