I'm doing an EICR for a customer in an old property at the moment, and there are a few things I'm not entirely sure about.
The consumer unit is in a kitchen cupboard, mounted behind the units below the worktop on what looks to be some old wooden panelling from a previous kitchen (the back panel of the unit has been cut away and is removable). All I can see of the service cable coming in are two tails, both wrapped in a beige tape, as you can see in the below picture going into the service head. You can't see it in the picture, but those two beige cables simply emerge from a hole at the bottom of the panelling just out of the photo frame:
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If you look to the right at the second picture, the main earthing conductor goes straight into the C.U earthing bar, and as with the beige cables going into the service head, simply emerges from a hole in this wooden panelling.
To get behind this old panelling I'd have to completely destroy the kitchen and remove all of the head / meter / C.U, which I doubt will be an option for the customer at this point.
As you've guessed, I'm trying to figure out what is and isn't a C1, C2, C3, FI, or LIM.
I've tested everything and the readings are well within reason.
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
The consumer unit is in a kitchen cupboard, mounted behind the units below the worktop on what looks to be some old wooden panelling from a previous kitchen (the back panel of the unit has been cut away and is removable). All I can see of the service cable coming in are two tails, both wrapped in a beige tape, as you can see in the below picture going into the service head. You can't see it in the picture, but those two beige cables simply emerge from a hole at the bottom of the panelling just out of the photo frame:
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If you look to the right at the second picture, the main earthing conductor goes straight into the C.U earthing bar, and as with the beige cables going into the service head, simply emerges from a hole in this wooden panelling.
To get behind this old panelling I'd have to completely destroy the kitchen and remove all of the head / meter / C.U, which I doubt will be an option for the customer at this point.
As you've guessed, I'm trying to figure out what is and isn't a C1, C2, C3, FI, or LIM.
I've tested everything and the readings are well within reason.
Any advice appreciated
Thanks