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 Published On Jul 27, 2021

All photos are my Electrician observations these are to help you along the right path.

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Checklist for EICR
Main service fuse take photo
Met labeled
Main tails supported

Consumer unit
Horizontal top surface and sides ip4x
Bottom surface ip2x
Internal fire proof To reduce the spread of fire
Busbar Connections
Correct size Overload devices and correct to manufacturer's instructions.

Positions of consumer unit
Under wooden staircase
Fire escape
Made from the combustible materials

Check rcd
Test
Ramp test
Cables is buried 50mm or less within a wiring zone
Rcd protection to domestic Luminaires
Sockets For general use
Sockets Being used outside
All circuits in bathroom With or without supplementary bonding

Cable support from a premature collapse in an event of a fire .hallway and all ceilings and walls

Main bonding
Connections
Labels
Test with low Ohms meter
Photos of each
Plastic incomer from street to house gas and water

Kitchen
Positions of accessories cooker oven hob
Sinks all over 300mm
Pelmets lights connections Or how they’re fed.
Local Isolation
Cooker hob oven connections
Isolators with missing neon Lenses

Bathroom
All circuits protected by a rcd or have Complete Supplementary bonding.
Touch light from bath or shower
Fan isolator if Required
Shaver points shutters
All equipment suitable

Sockets
No mixed circuits
Thermal damage
Damaged or broken
End to end readings
Rcd protected and type of Property whether it’s a flat or not.
Check switches for polarity each side
How many Extension lead is being used due to the lack of sockets.
Extension cubes

Lights and switches
Thermal damage
Check all Metallic accessories
Turn upstairs lights of check the landing if still on, then may be a borrowed neutral
Dimmers and lamps Are compatible
Wonderlead (R2 method) switches to check if they have back boxes
No cpc at switches that are plastic check fo white plastic screw covers.

Pendants and batten holders
Thermal damage broken or incomplete
Size of the lamp most 60watt lamp rated

Downlights
Fire rated or if open back correctly fitted fire hood. Upstairs and down. If there are habitable rooms above this may change the observation coding.

Downlights Connections
Thermal damage to ceiling or light fitting

Smoke alarms
Position 300 mm away from the wall and any other light fittings
Smoke alarm is still in date.
Linked
Connections
Fire sealed

Immersion
Size
Support of the heat proof flex
Immersion stat thermal switch

Central heating same as above

Outside or out building
Check Supply characteristics if TNCS they haven’t exported the Earth
Sign of corrosion on outside lights
Pvc pvc being used outside and in direct sun light

All other normal observations















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