Electrical Installation Test & Inspection Certificate

[gingerninja198]

Hello,

 

I am a UK trained Electrician and I recently rewired my condo so now looking for a Thai Electrician to come and test and inspect it and sign it off and give me whatever document they use in Thailand that matches or is the equivalent of the EICR in the UK.

 

Any ideas welcome.

[Johnlkuk]

12 minutes ago, gingerninja198 said:

Hello,

 

I am a UK trained Electrician and I recently rewired my condo so now looking for a Thai Electrician to come and test and inspect it and sign it off and give me whatever document they use in Thailand that matches or is the equivalent of the EICR in the UK.

 

Any ideas welcome.

 

I'm just finishing a rewire on my condo too, but not even thinking about having it certificated, if it's even possible here. 

 

Just knowing it's safer is enough for me. 

 

Unless of course it's because you need a certificate for reselling or renting purposes? 

[Crossy]

Hi, and welcome to the madhouse that is Thai electrics

 

The only "inspection" that is actually required here is the initial MEA/PEA inspection in order to get a permanent meter after construction, after that anything goes, literally (unless you instal solar).

 

When we built our place the inspector had the lid off the CU (actually, I took the lid off, he had no tools), checked that we had an earth rod and MEN connection then spent half an hour gassing with Madam and asking who built our home, he made no actual measurements whatever, it was purely visual.

 

As a UK trained sparks you are probably far better qualified than any of the normal local domestic chaps. There's really no EICR equivalent so any inspection would be for your own peace of mind. There are some excellent Thai sparks but they're all working in O&G or the mega-projects and wouldn't dirty their hands with house bashing 😞 

 

In reality, if you did the job to BS7671 standards and didn't use ring-finals on 32A MCBs you're really good to go**.

 

If you really want a local to go over it, then trot over to your local MEA/PEA office, they usually have guys who are not averse to a bit of moonlighting (ask the supervisor who they recommend).

 

** If you did use rings, split them about half way and put each half on a 20A MCB, safe as far as the Thai unfused 16A outlets are concerned and you get an extra 8A as a bonus 🙂