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Oak Court 19 Green Lane

Northwood HA6 2UU

Instruction

We are instructed by David Charles Property Consultants to conduct a 5 year periodic inspection to

the landlords’ electrical installations at: Oak Court, HA6 2UU. We attended site on 25th July 2013 to

carry out our testing and inspections to current regulations BS7671 – 17th edition.

Property

Oak Court is a blocks of private flats over 3 floors (G+2) with a garage block to the rear built about

40 yrs ago. All flats are accessed via a common entrance with stairs to the upper levels. The

electrical intake position and landlords services are located in a cupboard under the stairs.

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Scope

Within the current requirements of BS7671- 17th edition and amendment No. 1 dated January 2012,

it is now a requirement to conduct a fuller range of inspections that require the shutdown of power

to all parts of the property being tested. In this instance there is a single service head with the

Landlords’ services separately fused from a bus-bar arrangement, all flats have a direct supply from

the bus chamber, therefore a full inspection was possible without interruption to the private flats.

Installation

There is a single service head for the whole property with direct supplies from the intake to each

flat, metering is within each flat. The landlords’ service is supplied via separate cut-outs from the bus

chamber with all metering and equipment under the stairs. The landlords’ arrangement is very dated

and has only 2 circuits, power & lighting. Lights are controlled via a time-clock and time lag switching

with outside lighting controlled via photocell.

Limitations

None

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Results

Oak Court is considered as one installation being supplied from separate cut-outs from the service

head. This report should be read in conjunction with certificate no. GM/250713/02.

The installation is about 40yrs old and generally installed to a good standard at the time, however

there have been numerous additions to a lower standard and now overall is in a poor state. Repairs

and upgrades now required to attain even the minimum requirements.

Overall the installation is considered UNSATISFACTORY with the following urgent repairs required

(C1), general repairs (C2) required and recommendations (C3) advised to upgrade to current

standards BS7671 – 17th edition:

Code

1. Live casing at isolator at intake C1 2. No earth at sockets C1 3. Unknown wiring configuration to front floodlight. C2 4. Upgrade burnt out fuse ways C2 5. Provide labelling to 17th edition C3 6. Fix loose cabling at intake position C3 7. Improve earthing to floodlights C3 8. Rear light not operational C3 9. Loose cabling at rear to floodlight C3

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Conclusion

A dated installation now requiring some upgrade works to bring the installations up to an acceptable

standard with recommendation made to achieve the current standard BS7671 – 17th edition.

For S & M Electrical Ltd. 25th July 2013.

Code Key

C1 Danger present

C2 Potentially dangerous

C3 Improvements recommended

GM/ 250713 /02 1 of 5

Section A : DETAILS OF CLIENT/PERSON ORDERING REPORT

Name

Address

Section B : REASON FOR PRODUCING THIS REPORT

Dates of inspection and testing : July 2013

Section C : DETAILS OF THE INSTALLATION WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REPORT

Occupier

Address

Description of premises if other

Estimated age of wiring 40+ years

Evidence of additions/alterations <5 years

Installation records available (621.1) Date of last inspection

Section D : EXTENT AND LIMITATIONS OF INSPECTION AND TESTING

Extent of electrical installation covered by this report

Agreed limitations including reasons (634.2)

Agreed with N/A

Operational limitations including reasons

Section E : SUMMARY OF THE CONDITION OF THE INSTALLATION

General condition of the installation (in terms of electrical safety)

Overall assessment of the installation in terms of its suitability for continued use

Section F : RECOMMENDATIONS

Section G : DECLARATION

Inspected and tested by: Report authorised for issue by

Name Name S.FREEMAN

Position Position DIRECTOR

Date Date

Section H : Schedule(s)1 1

and this report is valid only when they are attached to it.

It should be noted that cables concealed within trunking and conduits, under floors, in roof spaces and generally within the fabric of the building or underground have NOT

INSPECTOR

S & M ELECTRICAL LTD. JUBLIEE HOUSE, STANMORE, HA7 4RY

An unsatisfactory assessment indicated that dangerous (code C1) and/or potentially dangerous (code C2) conditions have been identified

required to attain minimum requirements.

25/07/2013 26/07/2013

if yes, age

schedule(s) of inspections schedule(s) of test results are attached. The attached schedule(s) are part of this document

Subject to the necessary remedial action being taken , I recommend that the installation is further inspected and tested by: 24/07/2018

Landlords installation for common parts as detailed

been inspected unless specifically agreed between the client and inspector prior to inspection

N/A

Oak Court, 19 Green Lane, NORTHWOOD, Middx., HA6 2UU

N/A

240610

29 High Steet, PINNER, HA5 5PJ

Where the overall assessment of the suitability of the installation for continued use above is stated as UNSATISFACTORY, I recommend that any

observations classed as "Danger present" (code C1) or "Potentially dangerous" (code C2) are acted upon as a matter of urgency. Investigations without

delay is recommended for observations identified as "Further investigations required". Observations classified as "Improvements recommended"

(code C3) should be given due consideration .

The inspection and testing detailed in this report and accompanying schedules have been carried out in accordence with BS7671:2008 (IET wiring regs) 17th /1

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CONDITION REPORT ECA

in the schedule of test results.

Domestic

None

25th

N/A

Member Number

5 year periodic test and inspection report (PIR)

YES

Certificate number

G.MARSHALL

I being the person responsible for the inspection and testing of the electrical installation (as indicated by my signature below), particulars of which

are described above, having excerised reasonable skill and care when carrying out the inspection and testing, hereby declare that the information

in this report, including the observations and the attached schedules, provides an accurate assessment of the condition of the electrical installation

taking into account the stated extent and limitations in Section D of this report.

UNSATISFACTORY. Repairs and upgrades

Sheet

Landlord

David Charles Property Consultants

UNSATISFACTORY

NO

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CONDITION REPORT

Sheet 2 of 5

Section I : SUPPLY CHARACTERISTICS AND EARTHING ARRANGEMENTS

TN-C a.c. x d.c. Nominal voltage U/Uo 415 V BS(EN)

TN-S 1 phase, 2 wire 2 wire Nominal frequency, f 50 Hz

TN-C-S X 2 phase, 3 wire 3 wire Prospective fault current, Ipf 4.00 kA Type

TT 3 phase, 3 wire External loop impedence, Ze 0.06 Oh

IT 3 phase, 4 wire x Rated 100 A

Confirmation of polarity x Note: By enquiry or measurement

Other sources of supply (as detailed on attached schedule

Section J: PARTICULARS OF INSTALLATION REFFERED TO IN REPORT

Distributors facility x Type

Location

Resistance to earth Ohms

Main Protective conductors

Earthing conductor Material Csa 35 mm2 Connection verified X

Main protective bonding conductors Material Csa x mm2 Connection verified

To incoming water service To incoming gas supply To incoming oil service To structural steel

To lightning protection To other incoming services Specify:

Main switch/Switch fuse/ circuit breaker/RCD If RCD main switch

Location Current rating A Rated operating current Idn N/A mA

BS(EN) Fuse /device rating A Rated time delay N/A ms

No. poles Voltage rating V Measured operating time (at Idn) N/A ms

Section K : OBSERVATIONS

x

C1 Danger present, Risk of injury, Immediate action required.

C2 Potentially dangerous, Urgent remedial action required

C3 Improvement recommended

One of the following codes, as appropriate, has been allocated to each of the observations made to indicate to the

person responsible for the installation the degree of urgency for remedial action required.

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Further investigations

required

Exposed live parts at intake

Repairs required as detailed within report

C1

C2

C2

C3

ObservationsClassification

code

Poor earthing throughout installation

Recommendations detailed within report

Referring to the attached schedules of inspection and test results, and subject to the limitations specified in the Extent and

Limitations of inspection and testing section

Copper

x

Intake cupboard

Lim

1 240

Details of earth electrode (where applicable)

Installation earth

electrode

N/A

88

HRC

ECA

No remedial action is required The following observations are made

Earthing arrangements Number and type of live conductors Nature and type of supply parameters

15

15

Supply protective device

Means of earthing

Sheet 3 of 5

Note: This form is suitable for many types of smaller installations not exclusively domestic

a C1 or C2 C3 Not verified NV Limitation Lim Not applicable N/A

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

2.0

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.10

4.11

4.12

4.13

4.14

4.15

4.16

4.17

4.18

4.19

Presence and condition of distributors earthing arrangement (542.1.2.3; 542.1.2.2)

Presence and condition of earth electrode where applicable (542.1.2.3)

RCDs provided for fault protection - including RCBO's (411.4.9;411.5.2;431.2)

RCDs provided for additional protection - including RCBO's (411.3.3;415.1)

Presence of alternative supply warning notice at or near the consumer unit/distribution board

(514.15)

Presence of other required labelling (please specify) (Section 514)

Condition of service head

Condition of tails -distributor

Condition of tails -consumer

Condition of metering equipment

Condition of isolator (where present)

Accessibility and condition of earthing conductor at MET (543.3.2)

PRESENCE OF ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SECONDARY OR ALTERNATE SOURCES SUCH

AS MICROGENERATION (551.6;551.7)

EARTHING/BONDING ARRANGEMENTS (411.3; chap 54)

Provision of earthing/bonding labels at all appropriate locations (514.13.1)

Confirmation of earthing conductor size (542.3; 543.1.1)

Protection against mechanical damage where cables enter consumer unit/distribution board

(522.8.1;522.8.11)

Protection against electromagnetic effects where cables enter consumer unit/distribution

board / enclosures (521.5.1)

Presence of main linked switch (as required by 537.1.4)

Operation of main switch (functional check) (612.13.2)

Manual operation of circuit breakers and RCD's to prove disconnection (612.13.2)

Correct identification of circuit details and protective devices (514.8.1;514.9.1)

Presence of RCD quarterly test notice present at or near consumer unit/distribution board

(514.12.2)Presence of non-standard (mixed) cable colour warning notice at or near the consumer

unit/distribution board (514.14)

Confirmation of main protective bonding conductor size (544.1)

Condition and accessibility of main protective bonding conductor connections (543.3.2;

544.1.2)Accessibility and condition of all protective bonding connections (543.3.2)

CONSUMER UNITS/DISTRIBUTION BOARDS

Adequacy of working space/accessibilty to consumer unit/ distribution board (132.12;513.1)

Security of fixings (134.1.1)

Condition of enclosure in terms of IP rating etc (416.2)

Condition of enclosure in terms of fire rating etc (526.5)

Enclosure not damaged/deteriorated so as to impair safty (621.2 iii)

N/A

N/A

C2 NoExamination of protective device(s) and base(s) ; correct type and rating (no signs of

unacceptable thermal damage, arcing or overheating ) (421.1.3)

Single pole protective devices in line conductor only (132.14.1;530.3.2)

C2 No

C2 No

N/A

C3 Yes

a

N/A

C3 No

N/A

a

a

N/A

C3 Yes

C3 Yes

C3 Yes

a

a

C3 Yes

N/A

N/A

C3 Yes

N/A

N/A

a

N/A

a

a

N/A

a

a

a

Description

DISTRIBUTORS/SUPPLY INTAKE EQUIPMENT

Service cable condition a

ECA

Unacceptable

conditionImprovement

recommended

Acceptable

condition

CONDITION REPORT INSPECTION SCHEDULE

OUTCOMES

Item No.Further

investigationsOutcome

Sheet 4 of 5

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

- to include the integrity of the conduit and trunking systems (metallic and plastic)

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.10

5.11

5.12

- For supply to mobile equipment not exceeding 32a rating for use outdoors (411.3.3)

- For cables concealed in walls or partitions (522.6.102;522.6.103)

5.13

5.14

5.15

5.16

5.17

5.18

5.19

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.7

6.8

7.0 OTHER PART 7 SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS OR LOCATIONS

7.1

Name: Signature Date

No

Suitability of current-using equipment for a particular position within the location (701.55)

List all other special installations or locations present, if any (record seperately the results of

particular inspections applied).

MARSHALL

N/A

N/A

N/A

Tested by:

Item No. Description

25/07/2013

OutcomeFurther

investigations

C3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C2 No

C2 No

a

a

a

a

25%

a

NV

NV

NV

N/A

N/A

C3 No

a

C2 No

C3 Yes

C1 Yes

a

a

a

C3 Yes

C3 No

Where used as a protective measure, requirements for SELV or PELV met (701.414.4.5)

Shaver sockets comply with BS EN 61558-2-5 formerly BS 3535 (701.512.3)

Suitability of equipment for external influences for installed location in terms of IP rating

(701.512.2)

Presence of supplimentry bonding conductors , unless not required by BS7671:2008

(701.415.2)

Low voltage (eg 230v) socket outlets sited at least 3m from zone 1 (701.512.3)

Suitability of equipment for installation in a particular zone (701.512.3)

- Connections of live conductors adequately enclosed (526.5)

- Adequately connected at point of entry to enclosure (glands, bushes etc) (522.8.5)

Condition of accessories including socket outlets, switches and joint boxes (621.2 iii)

Suitability of accessories for external influences (512.2)

LOCATIONS CONTAINING A BATH OR SHOWER

Additional protection for all low voltage (LV) circuits by RCD not exceeding 30mA (701.411.3.3)

Cables segregated / seperated from communication cabling (528.2)

Cables segregated / seperated from non electrical services (528.3)

-For all socket outlets of rating 20a or less provided for use by ordinary persons unless an

exception is permitted (411.3.3)

Termination of cables at enclosures - indicate extent of sampling in section D of the report

(section 526)

- Cables soundly made and under no undue strain (562.6)

- No basic insulation of a conductor visible outside enclosure (526.8)

Wiring system(s) appropriate for the type and nature of the installation and external influences

(section 522)

Concealed cables installed in prescribed zones (see Section D: Extent and limitations)

(522.6.101)Consealed cables incorporating earthed armour or sheath, or run within earthed wiring system,

or otherwise protected against mechanical damage from nails, screws and the like (see section

D: Extent and limitations) (522.6.101;522.6.103)

Provision of additional protection by RCD not exceeding 30mA

Provision of fire barriers, sealing arrangements and protection against thermal effects (section

527)

Band II cables segregated / seperated from band I cables (528.1)

Adequacy of cables for current-carrying capacity with regard for the type and nature of the

installation (Section 523)

Co-ordination between conductors and overload protective devices (433.1;533.2.1)

Adequacy of protective devices: type and rated current for fault protection (411.3)

Presence and adequacy of circuit protective conductors (411.3.1.1; Section 543.1)

FINAL CIRCUITS

Identification of conductors (514.3.1)

Cables correctly supported throughout their run (522.8.5)

Condition of insulation of live parts (416.1)

Non sheathed cables protected by enclosure in conduit, duct or trunking (521.10.1) a

Location

Name Marshall Type Ref No.

Date 25/07/13 Size mm2 ZS Ohms 9104044Title Tester Protection PFC ka

Earth Fault RCD

Trip Time

1 ka @1n

Ref Description Amps

Installed

Method

Live

mm2

CPC

mm2 Zs Ohns ms

1 Lighting in & out 15 X 1.5 1.0 1.89 x x x <5 <5 ok 2.16

2 Socket & door 15 X 2.5 1.5 0.08 x x x >50 >50 ok >2000

Comments

Sheet 5 of 5

ECA

Remarks

No earth

N-N

Ohm

E-E

Ohm

3036

3036

Installed Circuits Test Results

Other

Tests

CircuitsCopper

Ring Loop

ImpedanceR1

+R2

Ohm

P-P

Ohm

04/03/2013

88 4.00

Tester Details Sub- Main Dist Board UnderstairsTails 2 x Mem 20a Instrument Type Verified

S & M Electrical Ltd. Schedule of Test ResultsJubliee House, Stanmore, Middx.

Property : Oak Court, 19 Green Lane, NORTHWOOD, Middx., HA6 2UU

10 0.06 Fluke 1651

Type

Overcurrent device

short circuit capacity

Conductors Continuity

Insulation

Resistance

Po

larity

L-E

Moh

N-E

Moh