ELEC OBSERVATION CODES
EICRs is an important part of electrical safety, where landlords are responsible for ensuring that an occupied property has electrical installations that tenants can use safely. Since July 2020, all landlords are required to have an EICR in place and be able to provide it to their local authority, managing agent or tenant if they ask for it.
You get an EICR from the results of your Fixed Wire Testing. This legal document should contain the extent of the work, limitations, details of defects and potentially dangerous conditions, circuit charts, and the test results.
Once your Fixed Wire Testing is complete, you’ll then be provided with an EICR certificate in a printed or digital format, so you’ve got easy access to it when you need it.
The Electrical Installation Condition Report will show the findings from the Fixed Wire Test and outline if your installation is safe for continued use. If the report doesn’t require investigative or remedial work, the landlord will not be required to carry out any further work.
Inspectors will use the following classification codes to indicate where a landlord must undertake remedial work.
• Code 1 (C1): Danger present. Risk of injury (FAIL). The electrical inspector may make any C1 hazards safe or make temporary improvements to downgrade to a C2 before leaving the property.
• Code 2 (C2): Potentially dangerous (FAIL). The electrical inspector may deem a defect with the potential to cause harm. In this case, urgent remedial action is required.
• Code 3 (C3): Improvement recommended. Further remedial work is not required for the report to be deemed satisfactory.
• Code Further Investigation (FI) (FAIL): Further investigation required without delay.
Action will need to be taken almost immediately if an EICR contains a C1 or C2 code. The report will also state that the installation is unsatisfactory for continued use and requires immediate improvement.
If a C1 is found during testing, the electrician will often put temporary measures in place to make the dangerous installation safe or make a complete repair to rid the installation of the defect. Then, as is also the case with a C2 code, it will be the owner’s responsibility to organise a repair or replacement as soon as possible.
If an inspector identifies that further investigative work is required (FI), the landlord must also make this a priority to be carried out.
The C3 classification code does not indicate remedial work is required, but only that improvement is recommended. Landlords don’t have to make the improvement, but it would improve the safety of the installation if they did.
Occasionally, a C3 code may be deemed unsatisfactory because it doesn’t comply with current regulations but did comply at the time when it was.
In general, where there are only C3 observations listed, this will result in a satisfactory EICR being issued.
ELEC OBSERVATION CODES
EICRs is an important part of electrical safety, where landlords are responsible for ensuring that an occupied property has electrical installations that tenants can use safely. Since July 2020, all landlords are required to have an EICR in place and be able to provide it to their local authority, managing agent or tenant if they ask for it.
You get an EICR from the results of your Fixed Wire Testing. This legal document should contain the extent of the work, limitations, details of defects and potentially dangerous conditions, circuit charts, and the test results.
Once your Fixed Wire Testing is complete, you’ll then be provided with an EICR certificate in a printed or digital format, so you’ve got easy access to it when you need it.
The Electrical Installation Condition Report will show the findings from the Fixed Wire Test and outline if your installation is safe for continued use. If the report doesn’t require investigative or remedial work, the landlord will not be required to carry out any further work.
Inspectors will use the following classification codes to indicate where a landlord must undertake remedial work.
• Code 1 (C1): Danger present. Risk of injury (FAIL). The electrical inspector may make any C1 hazards safe or make temporary improvements to downgrade to a C2 before leaving the property.
• Code 2 (C2): Potentially dangerous (FAIL). The electrical inspector may deem a defect with the potential to cause harm. In this case, urgent remedial action is required.
• Code 3 (C3): Improvement recommended. Further remedial work is not required for the report to be deemed satisfactory.
• Code Further Investigation (FI) (FAIL): Further investigation required without delay.
Action will need to be taken almost immediately if an EICR contains a C1 or C2 code. The report will also state that the installation is unsatisfactory for continued use and requires immediate improvement.
If a C1 is found during testing, the electrician will often put temporary measures in place to make the dangerous installation safe or make a complete repair to rid the installation of the defect. Then, as is also the case with a C2 code, it will be the owner’s responsibility to organise a repair or replacement as soon as possible.
If an inspector identifies that further investigative work is required (FI), the landlord must also make this a priority to be carried out.
The C3 classification code does not indicate remedial work is required, but only that improvement is recommended. Landlords don’t have to make the improvement, but it would improve the safety of the installation if they did.
Occasionally, a C3 code may be deemed unsatisfactory because it doesn’t comply with current regulations but did comply at the time when it was.
In general, where there are only C3 observations listed, this will result in a satisfactory EICR being issued.
Privacy Policy
Faelsafe Life Safety Ltd • All rights reserved.
Copyright 2023 • Site by RomailShah• All rights reserved.
