EICR Tips & Tricks for Beginners + Free Checklist | Electrician TV

All photos are my Electrician observations these are to help you along the right path. IN THIS VIDEO Electrician Amazon store - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/willselectricalservices_ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL CHANNELS: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/willselectricalservices_/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ElectricalWills FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/willselectricalservices WEBSITE - https://willselectricalservices.co.uk Free Quote - [email protected] 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 - [ ]