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Hi folks
Looking for a bit of advice on this one - my understanding is that the legal requirement for fixed installation testing is "periodic inspection and test", with the "every five years" bit being a recommendation. I can't find a reliable reference for this one way or the other - can anyone set me right?
The scenario is that we're about to move into a new office building, and on the date we leave the installation test on the old building will be 5 years and one month old. Risk assessment gives that the installation in the old building will be under minimal load (security lights and burglar / fire alarm)) once we're out, and we have to have a brand new 5-year test in a few months when the lease runs out and we give the building back to the landlord (lease requirement) - so I'm reluctant to pay out for one now if we don't have to.
Thanks in advance.
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BS7671 aka IEE wiring regs - part 6
Was checking this out myself yesterday!
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Hi Paul,
The 5 year interval is based on a new installation. As the intallation ages and degrades and increasingly differs from the installation standards of the present, so the the interval decreases. If you look at the bottom righthand corner on page 2 of your fixed wiring installation certificate, you should find the inspection interval. If you've had a good regime of inspection for a long time you may find that it still is 5 years.
we have ours done on a 20% per annum rolling basis. This avoids too much disruption to business but does require more management to ensure a different 20% is done each year.
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Paul Duell wrote:
The scenario is that we're about to move into a new office building, and on the date we leave the installation test on the old building will be 5 years and one month old. Risk assessment gives that the installation in the old building will be under minimal load (security lights and burglar / fire alarm)) once we're out, and we have to have a brand new 5-year test in a few months when the lease runs out and we give the building back to the landlord (lease requirement) - so I'm reluctant to pay out for one now if we don't have to.
Do not discuss this with your landlord as he will only add this to the dilapidation costs when you vacate.
Contact your insurers and explain the situation. They will want to know especially as the building will be vacant.
Tell your insurer that you have completed a risk assessment for when you vacate the site but still have responsibility for it and that the risk assessment has identified the following measures :-
- Shutting off / locking off all electrical circuits that will not be in use until handing the building back to the landlord.
- Carrying out a fixed wire test on the circuits that will be in use, the lighting and alarms.
Get your insurers to confirm they agree to this.
You will probably find that your insurers will be taken back by this type of proactive approach and agree to it.
As fixed wire testers usually charge per circuit tested, you costs will be a fraction of getting the whole building tested and you will have peace of mind knowing you insurers have agreed to it.
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No statute law requirement for a PIR, I wish there was!
As of 1/1/12 there is no more PIR anyway.
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