Fixed electrical installation inspection (EICR)
Insulation resistance and earth loop impedance are measured, not observed, and the trend between reports is real data. The report interval is the duty; the trend tells you which circuits to test first.
What does fixed electrical installation inspection (EICR) involve?
Fixed electrical installation inspection (EICR) checks: insulation resistance per circuit, earth fault loop impedance, RCD trip time, residual current trend. Observed by qualified electrician with a multifunction tester; residual current monitoring devices for the trend. Periodic inspection and testing under BS 7671 (IET Guidance Note 3 recommends five years for commercial and three for industrial premises), AS/NZS 3760 and 3017 in Australia, and NFPA 70B in the US. The Electricity at Work Regulations make the interval a legal duty to maintain.
- Condition that replaces the interval
- Partly. Residual current and insulation resistance can be monitored continuously on final circuits; the periodic inspection by a qualified person stays and its interval is set by the installation type.
- Reading that proves it
- Insulation resistance per circuit, earth fault loop impedance, RCD trip time, residual current trend
- Why the interval stays
- Periodic inspection and testing under BS 7671 (IET Guidance Note 3 recommends five years for commercial and three for industrial premises), AS/NZS 3760 and 3017 in Australia, and NFPA 70B in the US. The Electricity at Work Regulations make the interval a legal duty to maintain.
- Evidence an auditor accepts
- Electrical installation condition report with the observations coded and the remedial work closed out
- First move
- Close out every C1 and C2 observation with a dated record; an open C2 on the last report is an overdue item.
What it is evidence for
Clause references from the published standards text. A clause marked reference is named, not reproduced.
Statutory intervals that must stay on the calendar ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 8.1
ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 Evaluation of complianceThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements. It decides how often and by what methods compliance is evaluated, carries out the evaluation and acts where needed, keeps up its knowledge and understanding of where it stands on compliance, and reta...
ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 Hazard identificationSet up, run and keep a hazard identification process that is continuous and looks ahead. The process shall take into account: social factors and the way work is organized; activities that are routine and those that are not; incidents that have happened before; possible emergencies; people, including workers, contractor...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risksThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for removing hazards and lowering OH&S risks by working down the hierarchy of controls: first remove the hazard; next replace it with processes, operations, materials or equipment that are less hazardous; then apply engineering controls and reorganize the work; then ap...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 ContractorsThe organization aligns its procurement processes with its contractors so that hazards are identified and the OH&S risks are assessed and controlled where they come from three sources: contractor activities and operations that affect the organization; the organization's own activities and operations that affect contrac...
ISO 55001:2014 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of stakeholdersThe organization identifies which stakeholders are relevant to its system for managing assets, and what they require and expect from asset management; it sets the criteria it will use to make asset management decisions; and it identifies what stakeholders require in the way of recorded financial and non-financial infor...
ISO 55001:2014 8.1 Operational planning and controlThe organization plans, carries out and controls the processes needed to satisfy requirements and to deliver three things: the asset management plans set out under 6.2, the actions on risks and opportunities decided under 6.1, and the preventive and corrective actions decided under clauses 10.1 and 10.2. It does so by ...
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Paste your maintenance schedule or log and get this classification for every line at once, with the findings, the overdue items and the clauses the register is evidence for. First 15 items free, no account.
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