what qualifaction do i need

[BOB.DOLE]

what is the minimum qualifaction do i need to carry out electrical safety tests for landlords and what equipment would i need

 

[ban-all-sheds]

what is the minimum qualifaction do i need to carry out electrical safety tests for landlords

C&G 2381, 2391 & substantial PLI and PII insurances.

and what equipment would i need

About £600-£700 worth. Fluke and Megger are the most popular makes, but others are available.

 

[BOB.DOLE]

what is the minimum qualifaction do i need to carry out electrical safety tests for landlords

C&G 2381, 2391 & substantial PLI and PII insurances.

and what equipment would i need

About £600-£700 worth. Fluke and Megger are the most popular makes, but others are available.

thanks for reply bas...i rang a few training centers up and they said they can get me up and running in 20 days and would cost me £2.700

in this i will get 16th edition, pat testing, part p, and inspection & ? cant remember.

i said i have limited experiance and she said that they get people in with no experiance, sounds a bit much to me its just that my estate agents keep bugging me to get this elec testing so i can do both at the same time.

makes sense tho maybe i could retire a bit quicker.

 

[BOB.DOLE]

bas i have a fluke 16 multimeter will that do

 

[JohnD]

what qualifaction do i need

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[BOB.DOLE]

what qualifaction do i need

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what about it?

 

[JohnD]

"qualifaction" ??

 

[Adam_151]

bas i have a fluke 16 multimeter will that do

No, you need instruments that carry out the following tests:

Low resistance ohmmeter
Instruments to BS EN 61557-4 will comply.
Basic instrument accuracy required is +/- 5%
Test voltage ac or dc, between 4 V and 24 V
Test current not less than 200 mA
Able to measure to within 0.01 Ohms (resolution of 0.01)
May be the continuity range of an insulation resistance tester.

Insulation resistance tester
Direct test voltage depends on the circuit under test, but will be:-
250 V for extra-low voltage circuits
500 V for other circuits supplied at up to 500 V
1000 V for circuits rated between 500 V and 1000 V.
Must be capable of delivering a current of 1 mA at the minimum allowable resistance level, which is:-

250 kOhms for the 250 V tester
500 kOhms for the 500 V tester
1 MOhms for the 1,000 V tester
Basic instrument accuracy required is +/-5%
Must have a facility to discharge capacitance up to 5 microF which has become charged during the test
May be combined with the low resistance ohmmeter

Earth-fault loop impedance tester
Instruments to BS EN 61557-2 will comply
Must provide 20 to 25 A for up to two cycles or four half-cycles
Basic instrument accuracy required is +/-5%
Able to measure to within 0.01 Ohms (resolution of 0.01)
Instruments to BS EN 61557-3 will comply

Residual current device (RCD) tester
Must perform the required range of tests (see (8.6.3))
Suitable for standard RCD ratings of 6.10, 30, 100, 300 and 500 mA
Must NOT apply full rated test current for more than 2 s
Currents applied must be accurate to within +/-10%
Able to measure time to within 1 ms (resolution of 1)
Must measure opening time with an accuracy of +/-5%

Not sure you could do a course for 20 days and be competant at doing PIRs, they are supposed to be done by people who know things inside out so to speak