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Default Electrical safety requirements in a rental property

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:26:30 +0100, ARW
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On 21/10/2020 11:19, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:56:08 +0100, ARW
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On 14/10/2020 14:00, Dave N wrote:
I've confirmed with the agents that these have all been marked as C2. Apparently they have been getting loads of such queries since the new regs came in, and there seems to be a lack of clarity about exactly what deficiencies constitute a C2 so it's possible that a different contractor could interpret some of them as C3. The agents are asking for a second opinion. The cooker switch is a particular problem in this case as moving it would probably involve quite a lot of making good as well.

Any reason it cannot be blanked off?

Switches in a cupboard (to the front of the cupboard) are acceptable.


Am I missing something, but surely you want to be able to get to the
switch if the cooker malfunctions (or does the fuse and RCD take care
of this?).

I did say put the switch to the front of the cupboard to make it accessible.


Would our tenants know about this in an emergency? Surely the switch
needs to be visible?