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You in this video we're going to look at how to undertake an electrical installation condition report as introduced with amendment number 1 of the 17th edition of the wiring regulations in this case on a dwelling it's important to point out that this is still purely inspection and testing as required by chapter 6 two of the legs and the electrical installation condition report form replaces the old pure inspection report form so what's the thinking behind this change then Tony well for years when I've been talking about PRI RS I've always told people that what they're doing is reporting on the condition of their installation, so the changer name really makes sense especially to the recipient who in many cases is not going to be an electric expert, but it's important to realize that it's more than just a change of name there are a considerable number of changes from the old periodic inspection report form which will investigate and put into practice throughout this video so the first questions we need to ask ourselves are what is periodic inspection and testing why do we need to do it when do we need to do it and finally who can do it periodic inspection testing is necessary because like everything else let's go installations deteriorate with age run into the gas and the water installation pipes the size of main protected bonding conductors is always selected from the appropriate table in the regulations and 10 millimeters squared is fine for most installations with a cross-section area and the supply neutral conductor is 35 millimeters squared or less the conductors are connected in an appropriate place for both the gas and the water installation pipes using BS 951 clamps and are also suitably identified with the correct label where the installation has supplementary bonding conductors which we might find in this house in the bathroom these will also need to be checked for labels absence of an earthing and bonding label would only be a c3 condition on the report but absence of main protective bonding if required by the regulations would be a c2 would absence of an effective means of earthing I'll point out here Dave that the reason absence of means of earthing is only a situ that is not an immediate danger such as an exposed live part but don't forget that even a single situ were resultant installation begin an overall assessment of Unsold Isabel Ronnie Toni will go around the installation to each accessible accessory a reading can then be taken from metallic face plates or fixing screws if there's no reading Toni will identify on his sketch the item so that he can go back and give it a visual inspection the art to test will also enable Toni to identify in many cases the furthest extremity of accessories on radial circuits indicating a good location to carry out dessert S or r1 plus r2 tests later on now its good practice to recall they are two readings now what I'm also going to put down is if I'm going to inspect any items now I'm not going to...