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Prompted by the other thread....
I had a slight dilemma on this topic a couple of days ago. Three mains smoke alarm bases, on their own circuit, but no detectors on them. The circuit breaker was off when I arrived. Also couldn't get an R2 reading on that circuit as it either wasn't looped through or was broken (unlikely as recent wiring).
So I had a little argument with myself. Someone could turn breaker on and just about access live parts if they were determined, and the lack of cpc is at least a C3. So I could code a C2 and a C3 minimum.
But on other hand the circuit isn't being used and likely won't be used, and it didn't seem desperately unsafe to me compared to some things we see. (Not relevant to EICR but there were battery smoke alarms too). And the installation was otherwise fine, had dual RCD board, all in completely new colours, and it seemed wrong for this issue to tip the balance.
I'll fess up what I did in due course, but am interested what others would have done?
I had a slight dilemma on this topic a couple of days ago. Three mains smoke alarm bases, on their own circuit, but no detectors on them. The circuit breaker was off when I arrived. Also couldn't get an R2 reading on that circuit as it either wasn't looped through or was broken (unlikely as recent wiring).
So I had a little argument with myself. Someone could turn breaker on and just about access live parts if they were determined, and the lack of cpc is at least a C3. So I could code a C2 and a C3 minimum.
But on other hand the circuit isn't being used and likely won't be used, and it didn't seem desperately unsafe to me compared to some things we see. (Not relevant to EICR but there were battery smoke alarms too). And the installation was otherwise fine, had dual RCD board, all in completely new colours, and it seemed wrong for this issue to tip the balance.
I'll fess up what I did in due course, but am interested what others would have done?