Schedule of Test.... are any mandatory?

[old_sparky_RE]

I was asked which tests during a Schedule of test on a new building and then on an in use building were mandatory.
Where ever I look in the few regs books I have with me they say where "relevant" or "recommended" not will be or shall be done!

So,..... R2 test mandatory or if you feel like it, same with Insulation Testing, is it down to how you feel on the day ?!

Anyone have an Approved reference they can point me towards that says this test WILL BE DONE ?

Thanks

 

[kingeri]

Well I fail to see how you could issue a cert for a job without doing all the tests necessary to fill it in for a start!

 

[MDJ]

612.1 page 190 BGB

 

[telectrix]

on a new build, do all the tests as laid out on the SOTR. for an existing installation, testing is limited to what you and the client agree on. obviously, the more N/Vs you put on an EICR, the less value the document has.

 

[old_sparky_RE]

But what about a building 10 years old, and where does it say YOU WILL !

Make up your own cert and have titles like 'Light switch works'.....

 

[MDJ]

But what about a building 10 years old, and where does it say YOU WILL !

Make up your own cert and have titles like 'Light switch works'.....

That would then be an EICR, you discuss with the client how far the testing will go and explain this on the pages when it asks for clarification of what has been agreed.

 

[telectrix]

all down to how big your writing is, and how much you can fit on the back of a beermat. (or smoke packet for the teetotallers).

 

[kingeri]

But what about a building 10 years old, and where does it say YOU WILL !

Make up your own cert and have titles like 'Light switch works'.....

Eh? It doesn't matter how old the building is. If you are doing an actual job then you will be issuing a cert with a schedule of tests, which must be done or else how can you issue it? As for an EICR on such an installation, well I personally test 100% of circuits, again I couldn't fill out the EICR without doing so!

 

[old_sparky_RE]

on a new build, do all the tests as laid out on the SOTR. for an existing installation, testing is limited to what you and the client agree on. obviously, the more N/Vs you put on an EICR, the less value the document has.

I said that the SOTR in the Regs would be the minimum required but I can't find anywhere where it states THESE are the minimum that YOU MUST do, all I could find was "Recommended"!!

 

[kingeri]

Does it matter? Lol. If you don't do them then what's the point in being there?