Electrical Safety Check - what do i need to do??!!

[MrsTicklemouse]

We have got a 2.5 yearly electrical check tomorrow and i have no idea what i need to clean they will want to check!!! will they need to get to the meter?? FIL says they will need to check every plug socket, is this true??

help!!

every plug socket and every plug...
Not meter I don't think
stop panicking!!!!!

[electrocuted emoticon!!!! aaaaarrrrrggggh]

I'm not sure they check the actual plugs as the appliances etc are at your own risk.
But yes, all the sockets.
And I think light fittings
Trip switches

Yes - they check every plug and socket.
Our last quarter failed to pass a electrical safety check just before we moved in and they were just going to let us move in and not say anything. We knew the previous people who had lived there and there TV and microwave was blown up 'cause the wiring was so dodgy. There was green goo seeping down the walls from the wiring it was that bad. They rewired the whole house and replaced sockets etc. DE - what a nightmare!!!

Thank you all for such quick replies!!

i'm still panicking!!! i cant remember what colour the carpet is in the junk spare room and as for the understairs cupboard (very dark location of trip switches) thats a shut the door quick jobby!!

its a good job its a PM appointment!! here's hoping we pass/they don't cock it up!! they condemned our gas fire three times before they replaced it!!

No green goo here, at least not coming from the walls, wish i could say the same for the children!!

We passed! might have had something to do with my polished plugs

oooohh does that sound a bit rude or do i need to get more!!!

I can't believe you polished your plugs!
What a good wifey!

I hope you checked that they plugged your frdige and freezer back in. They unplugged ours once and we didn't realise until much later that day, and the DHE said it was our responsibility to put the plugs back in!