wylex testing

[Farmelectrics]

ok so ive just done an eicr for a landlord the house in question was all T&e and the cu was a wylex 6 way board all circuts tested ok ze zs all ok the earths to water gas were in place and both readings were under 0.05 so even though the tails were 16mm the earth to gas and water looked to be possibly 4mm i was going to reccomend he upgrades his cu and earthing arrangements but with all readings acceptable on what grounds can i do this

 

[Silly Sausage]

Why do want to recommend he shells out 2 or 3 hundred quid to change his CU?

 

[Farmelectrics]

so i get the job haha dont no archy thats why i was seeing what you guys feel

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if it were my house i would up grade wouldnt you

 

[MDJ]

out of interest has the wylex board got a plastic or wooden back?

 

[Silly Sausage]

so i get the job haha

Thought so!

dont no archy thats why i was seeing what you guys feel

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if it were my house i would up grade wouldnt you

I did, but it was a mess and I was refurbing the area anyway.


Re original Q, sounds fine to me.

 

[Farmelectrics]

its a plastic back

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well mounted on a timber board

 

[MDJ]

well then you don't really have a case to change it, you could recommend they replace the 3036s with push in breakers, however a rec only really, you could also rec RCD protection to sockets and you rec they have the tails and earths upgraded, but it is a bit shady really, sounds like it is all okay except a bit dated like millions of other homes I suspect, is the customer keen to have an upgrade or as tight as me?

 

[Farmelectrics]

no surprisingly hes a good payer think ill tell him its ok just a bit outdated cheers chaps

 

[Engineer54]

out of interest has the wylex board got a plastic or wooden back?

Would it have made a difference, if it was of the open back wooden design Wylex CU??

 

[MDJ]

I was just trying to get a feel for the age of the system, it is quite easy well easy ish to age a system depending on the wylex board.

 

[Toonlad]

certainly sort the 4mm water/gas bonds out. your shout, you have the feel of the job.