What are the Electrical Compliance Certificate Requirements

[MikeS]

[AndyD]

Yep,it's non-compliant and shouldn't have been issued a COC. There's several obvious issues such as no labeling, the twisted earth wires, the earth leakage breaker not in an enclosure, the rats nest at the back speaks for itself, the DB looks like it's too high to be easily accessible and it's a bit hazy in the background but the earth bonding on the hot water cylinder looks like it's lacking. There's probably many more issues if this is typical of the rest of the installation.

Get a reputable electrician to do another COC inspection from scratch before someone gets injured or worse..

[bergie]

eish! dodgy to say the least, although circuit breakers with shrouds are legal.i would fail the complete d.b. and quote on a new surface d.b.
no earth leakage neutral bar,no earth bar,what are those twin+earths going to the pre pay meter?
there are no changes in the requirements that would make any of those faults acceptable.it has only got more strict.

[Justloadit]

And the way the prepaid meter is wired, it is so simple to by pass, that no one would even notice that there is a bypass in that mangle.

[AndyD]

....what are those twin+earths going to the pre pay meter?

I wondered the same thing but I cleaned up the photo and it looks like they go into the trunking below the energy dispenser and not actually into it.

[murdock]

what i see is an old electrical system which if it had not been tampered with or had additions (rewire etc) would noprmally have passed as a pre xyz date...but unfortunetly the twin + e is an absolute give away.

there are lots on installations in durban which look like that... with the meter box on the verandah wall with the old fuse box above it...the catch is...as soon as you add to the instalaltion or modify it you need to bring it up to todays standards.

something else to remember...untidy wiring is not illegal.

[MikeS]

Thank you everyone for your comments, I have just bought the house and and when I moved in it had this as "passed" electrical installation. I will be taking this further and will keep you all informed.

Mike

[murdock]

do you have a valid yellow 6 page certificate of compliance (which you keep...not a copy) without this document you dont have a leg to stand on...and it could be possible that a COC was never issued.

[MikeS]

I do have a copy emailed to me by the conveyancing attorney, They still have the original as transfer has not gone through yet.

[murdock]

in that case go to the previous ownerand make sure he sorts it out...before the transfer goes thru.

i would pay someone to do an inspection report...to verify you concerns...as i have mentioned before...i still cannot believe that people trust the seller to do a COC for the biggest investment they are likely to make in their entire life.