Electrical Safety
Fyne Homes Ltd, will ensure that as a Landlord they fully comply with our Landlord responsibilities under current legislation, Fyne Homes as Landlord is required to carry out Periodic Electrical Inspections (5 yearly) on all properties.
In a similar way to Gas Safety, appropriate steps will be taken to ensure that the Association can either obtain a valid certificate within the required period, or failing that be able to prove that it has taken reasonable steps within reasonable timescales to attempt to gain access. Ultimately this may lead to taking steps to gain access to carry out the Periodical Electrical Inspection, with associated costs recharged to the tenant.
Power Cuts / Power Outages
Most of our houses now have circuit breakers and a Residual Current Detector (RCD) rather than a fuse box. These are more sensitive than fuses and will turn off the supply to the circuit when they detect a problem.
An RCD will turn off the supply to all the circuits it protects, usually the sockets, water heating, shower, cooker, and the overhead lights. Before reporting a loss of power, carry out the following checks:
- Is there a power cut in the area? If so contact your supplier to find out how long it will be before the power will be back on.
- If you have a power card meter, check there is credit on the meter.
- If there is not a power cut, then check your circuit breakers.
- Is one of the little switches at the off position? If yes can you push it to on? If yes then problem resolved.
If no then you will need to turn off all the appliances connected to the circuit, reset the circuit breaker, then switch them on or plug them in one by one until your find the problem appliance. Double check that it isn’t a problem socket by plugging the appliance into another socket. If the appliance turns off the circuit breaker again then it is a faulty appliance.
If all the circuit breakers are “on” check the RCD, if it has turned off then the problem lies in one of the circuits it protects. Turn off or unplug everything on the protected circuits and reset the RCD. Then switch on each appliance one by one until you find the problem. When turning on the cooker, check each ring, grill and oven separately, allowing them to fully heat up.
If you can’t find the problem report it to the Association.
Please note: If these checks are not carried out and the electrician finds a faulty appliance, you will be charged for the electrician's time.
