On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:57:51 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:12:24 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

All of them, or just the ones on a landlord's inventory? If it's
also
ones supplied by tenants (as appears to be the case in most
social
housing, according to people posting here), how do TPTB know
which
flats need inspecting?

Simples.

It'll be assumed that all address's have one or more of fridge or
freezer or fridge/freezer. The inspection authority will be able
to
obtain a warrant to search any property they suspect may have an
unregistered fridge, freezer or fridge/freezer. The inspection
authority will also write annual threatening letters to any
address
that doesn't have a current record of the precense of an inspected
fridge or freezer or fridge freezer. It will be up to the
householder
to obtain, at their cost, an Inspection Certificate from an
accredited Inspection Provider. Once obtained the housholder will
have to pass the certificate details to the Inspection Authority,
this will only be able to be done online. Failure to submit the
certificate details will result in an automatic, non-contestable,
fine. Not being able to use the online submission service will not
be
a valid excuse for not submitting the certificate details.

But would a casual inspection show a fridge freezer or tumble drier etc
is likely to catch fire?

I suspect most "eletrical appliance" fires are damaged or otherwise
abused cables and plug/sockets rather than an actual fault with the
appliance(*). Just like most things failing a PAT on the visual
inspection rather than what the box says when the button is pressed.

(*) Note "fault" not "poor design".

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Cheers
Dave.