Electrical Installation Condition Reports

Reasons for Testing

Over time a premises installation will deteriorate due to such things as general wear and tear, its environment, plus the potential for damage.

The testing itself will highlight such hazards such as:

• The overloading of electrical circuits.
• Low insulation that may result in short circuits.
• Inadequate or lack of earth bonding.
• Incorrectly rated circuit breakers giving insufficient protection.
• Ensuring that RCD’s trip out power under the correct fault conditions.

Hazards identified during the testing are recorded in a number of test reports which on completion are passed onto the customer.

These hazards once identified in the test reports will need to be corrected by implementing a program of remedial work which we can undertake for you.

Duty Holders Responsibilities

It is a legal requirement of an appointed person(s) within a business, commonly known as a duty holder, to ensure that they can demonstrate evidence of records of maintenance, which include the actual EICR test results.

These will need to be kept throughout the working life of an electrical installation and will serve to prove the effectiveness of their maintenance policies.

Test certificates should show the date when the last test was carried out, and in the case of an EICR report whether the installation was assessed as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.

Increasingly insurance companies are insisting that EICR testing and inspection is carried out in line with the timescales laid down in the industry recommendations. By not complying with these standards a duty holder can leave themselves open to prosecution by their own employees or others in the event of an avoidable accident which was caused by an electrical defect.

In extreme cases this can even result in a criminal prosecution with the subsequent result that the person/company in question having difficulty obtaining insurance cover in the future.

If you are unsure whether or not you require an EICR then please get in touch. 

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