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Does anybody do any work in private schools? We do quite of lot of work, but SEB have a test and inspect contract in the school. Which we do any remedial work that is required after.

They have said that they want RCD testing to be done every 4 months! Has anyone heard of this or do this?
 
Well the test button should be operated quarterly to confirm that side of it is ok, although nobody ever does that in my experience ! They're taking it a step further, possibly just covering themselves with kids everywhere and the blame/claim culture that's sadly too common nowadays.
 
Absolutely overkill in my opinion. What reasons have they stated for this frequency of testing ?
 
Curious as to why they have specified 4 months rather than the 3 months cited in the Manufacturer's instructions?
 
Does anybody do any work in private schools? We do quite of lot of work, but SEB have a test and inspect contract in the school. Which we do any remedial work that is required after.

They have said that they want RCD testing to be done every 4 months! Has anyone heard of this or do this?
Maybe they just want someone accountable to press the test button quarterly and to keep a log thereby absolving them of the task.
I've also met people who think quarterly means every 4 months!
 
My guess is there's 3 lots of 4 months in a year, and there's 3 main school holidays in a year between 3 terms. Sounds to me like they want it doing during the holidays (Christmas, easter, and summer)
 

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