Electrical Installation Condition Report in Mexico

Care Labs provides several services for electrical projects such as electrical safety inspections, electrical system design simulations, power systems study, and analysis.

Care Labs offers professional electrical installation condition inspection & testing services for companies across Mexico to ensure that your property meets OSHA, NFPA 70E, RFSHMAT and NOM-022-STPS safety standards.

Important purpose of an Electrical Installation Condition Report:

Like any other installations, electrical installations also deteriorate with age and usage. For example, sockets, and switches can damage, wire deterioration, connections can also become loose.

The severity of degradation is even more severe in installations where adverse elements are involved, i.e., chemicals, extreme temperatures or poor maintenance. One of the main causes of electrical fires in the domestic & industrial facility is faulty, old wiring.

In the event of serious injury, resulting from failure to maintain the electrical integrity of your facility, legal action could be lodged against you.

Facility owners can directly reduce the risk of a fire hazards, damages or any safety issues for their property by regularly checking the condition of the electrical installations.

Federal Regulation for Health, Safety, and the Work Environment – RFSHMAT regulation defines the responsibilities on both owners and their employees to ensure that electrical systems and equipment within their facility are safe, suitable to be used, and are maintained well to prevent any electrical hazards.

This is where an EICR -electrical installation condition report comes in. Performing electrical installation condition testing and inspection assures safety against electrical faults.

Aim of an EICR:

The main aim of an electrical installation condition report can be split into following

To make a note of the inspection findings and any test work that has been carried out to ensure that the electrical installation is 100 percent safe and ready to be continuous use until the next testing and inspection is carried out, especially after having any problems fixed.

To report any damage that has been found, thirdly followed by a rundown of any parts of the electrical installation that do not meet the standards set by the Regulations.

Benefits of an EICR:

Avoid losses due to electric shock
Higher level of security
Use resources more efficiently
Clarify electrical safety responsibilities
Identify and eliminate security threats
Ensure the durability of your expensive electronic equipment
Make sure your confident that valuable information is protected from electric shocks.
Improve employee morale
Compile safety performance dynamic reports
Create a positive safety improvement cycle
Improve management awareness of electrical issues

The Regulations require building owners to have the electrical installations in their facilities inspected and tested regularly by a qualified and competent person.

What will be Inspected and Tested?

The ‘fixed’ electrical installation of the facility, like the wiring, plug sockets, socket outlets, the light fittings and the fuse box will be tested & inspected. It will include permanent connected devices & equipment like showers and extractors.

What will happen in the inspection?

The inspection will find out if

any electrical installations are overloaded
any possible electric hazard risks and fire hazards
any defective electrical work
lack of earthing or bonding
all parts are correctly earthed – to prevent potential fatality electric hazard risks.
your fuse board is safe and compliant with the current regulations.
The wiring in your sockets, lights, switches and equipment is installed correctly.

Electrical Inspection and Testing in EICR:

Tests performed under EICR as follows

Checking for protection against electric fires and electric shocks.
Insulation resistance check
Dielectric Voltage-withstand Test – HiPot test
Polarity check
Earth electrode resistance check
Residual current device (RCD) testing
Functional testing of circuit breakers and isolators
Ensure earthing is continuous throughout the electrical system.
Ensure all bonding conductors are in place and effective.

Benefits of Availing Electrical Installation Condition Report from Care Labs:

Get a single point of contact for all your queries throughout the project life cycle
Offers highly skilled electrical engineers to carry out Electrical Installation Condition Report availed by you
Achieve compliance with relevant regulations and standards in Mexico.
Meet employee/staff safety demands and dedication to electrical safety
Identify and eliminate issues of your electrical installation
Reduce the risk of expensive litigation.
Improve your business productivity by reducing outages due to electrical issues
Care Labs detailed study and analysis report will help your technical persons to find any hazard risks or general wear and tear that could affect your safety

Enhance your electrical installation performance, with fewer failures and outages, increased safety and reliability by performing Electrical Installation Condition Report.