Under regulation 26 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010, equipment used by employees or contractors is deemed electrically safe if it carries a current tag issued to AS/NZS 3760. A clear register also answers questions from landlords, head contractors and insurers. Ours lists each item, where it lives, the result and the retest date.
Next to the University: Test and Tag for Ilam Flats, Schools and Offices
Ilam is built around the University of Canterbury campus, and the streets near it hold many rented flats. That raises a question landlords often get wrong. Regulation 26 deals with the fittings and appliances a landlord supplies with the premises, such as a heater, an oven on a plug or a washing machine. The fridges, kettles and laptops that tenants bring with them are their own, and they sit outside the landlord's register. Knowing which items belong to whom keeps the test focused on the right things.
For the appliances a landlord does supply, there are two routes: a current AS/NZS 3760 tag on each item, or supply through RCD protection. Flats that turn over every year can suit the RCD route, since it does not depend on retagging between tenancies, and the RCDs at the board can be tested in the same visit to confirm they work.
Schools are the other big piece of Ilam's work. Ilam Primary School, which opened next to the university in 1950, Westburn School from 1962 and Medbury School all have classroom devices, staffroom appliances and caretakers' tools that are best tested in the holidays. Small offices and tutoring rooms near Ilam Road round out the list. The suburb sits close to State Highway 1 and the airport, where frosty nights are common, so heaters in older flats and classrooms deserve a check before winter.
Local tip: Ilam landlords can keep a simple list of the appliances supplied with each flat, so the test covers those and not the tenants' own gear.
Test and Tag in Ilam: Local Conditions
West Christchurch takes in the Sockburn industrial estates beside Hornby, retail around Riccarton and Hornby, and education sites near the University of Canterbury in Ilam. Larger sites can be tested in stages.
Christchurch winters bring portable heaters out of storage.
Homes in Ilam
Ilam's housing grew alongside the university and its schools. Homes from the 1950s and 1960s were usually wired in plastic-sheathed cable, but their original boards often lack full RCD protection and spare room. If you let a property, the Residential Tenancies Act requires working smoke alarms, and we install long-life photoelectric alarms.
Ilam sits next to State Highway 1 and is close to Christchurch Airport.
You will often see our vans near Ilam Primary School and Ilam Road on the way to a job in Ilam. For everything else, see electricians in Ilam.
How We Handle Test and Tag in Ilam
Each item gets a visual check for damage before it is tested. Items that pass are tagged with the test date and the next due date.
Pricing: a free quote and a fixed price agreed before we start. You get a written, itemised quote, and small jobs can be quoted from photos.
Test and Tag Jobs We Do in Ilam
- Scheduled retest visit
- Replacing failed plugs and leads
- Workshop power tools
- Extension lead and power board testing
- Warehouse testing in stages
Test and Tag Ilam FAQs
Does an Ilam landlord need to test the fridge a student tenant brings in?
No. Regulation 26 concerns appliances the landlord supplies with the premises. Equipment tenants bring in is theirs, and it does not go on the landlord's register.
Do you test building site gear in Ilam?
Yes. Tools, leads and site equipment are tested on site, usually more often than office gear because of the conditions they work in.
Can test and tag be combined with other electrical work?
Yes. We can check switchboards, test RCDs or fix faults on the same visit, priced in writing beforehand.
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