Testing How Long

[Sparky Stu]

Hi all, i have decided to enrol on a 2392 course as not currently in the industry. This i hope will give me a good grounding for the 2391 as would like to sit this course too sometime.
My question is i have been reading many testing books and this has just made me wonder how long it actually takes you all to do a PIR and the like, as to me i think it would probably take all day to do one.

 

[Guest123]

Impossible to say really, it can vary wildly depending on type of premesis, size, scope, limitations, disruption, out of hours shutdowns etc etc.

 

[Sparky Stu]

was just wondering about say the average time on a house and also what you charge

 

[DurhamSparky]

it takes me on a typical 3 bed house with 5 circuits

approx 4 -5 hours providing im not fixing problems i find!

i always set a side half a day to do a small PIR

and some times when there is two of us it takes about 2-3hours!

 

[IQ Electrical]

Stu, is there no way you could spend a bit longer with the books etc. and go straight to a 2391 course instead?

 

[Sparky Ninja]

I always allocate a day to do a periodic, maybe 1/2 if a council house or flat. I always spend untill 7 or 8 pm cross referencing regulations and providing the reg no.s with every observation. It may not be necessary, but some key clients of mine require it, so it's habit now.

 

[sparx24]

Agree with widdler etc. we charge a basic fee for checking mains earth/bonding plus so much per circuit.
Usually can't do more than one house per day, unless very low circuit number, even then not much day left over.