Consumer Unit and Circuit Schedule
Leave a legible schedule in the lid of the board so the next person to open it knows what every way does without tracing cables.
TJ-09 1 page
Safety checks · SC-17
GFCI, AFCI and RCD Test Log
A free printable GFCI, AFCI and RCD test log: every safety switch with a test button numbered once, then a grid of test dates and a record of any that failed.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
See at a glance when each safety switch was last tested, and catch one that no longer trips. Every device with a test button is numbered once, then each test goes across the grid.
Who it is for
Homeowners, landlords and small workplaces with GFCI or AFCI sockets and breakers, or RCDs and RCBOs in the consumer unit.
How to use it
- Find every device with a test button, in the consumer unit or panel and at sockets, number it and list what it protects.
- Write the test interval from the device label or the maker's instructions at the top.
- On each test date, press each test button in turn, reset it, and write Y or N in its column.
- Note any device that failed to trip or reset in the box at the foot, and call an electrician.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every protective device with a test button numbered once: GFCI sockets and breakers, AFCI breakers, RCDs and RCBOs. Then each test across the grid, and any device that failed reported to an electrician.
Test, reset, write it down. Press each device's own test button: it should cut the power at once. Reset it and check the power is back. One that will not trip or reset has failed: leave it, note it below and call an electrician. A test cuts power to everything the device protects, so warn the household and check freezers come back on.
Write-on lines: Property · Test every · Interval from · Electrician and phone
Devices — the numbers match the columns of the test grid
Table, 12 rows: No. · Type · Where it is · Protects · Fitted
Page 2
Test record — Y if it tripped and reset, N if it did not
Table, 15 rows: Date · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · Initials
Failures and repairs — do not keep using a device that failed
Table, 4 rows: Date · Device · What happened · Reported to · Outcome · Fixed on
Questions
How often should an RCD or GFCI be tested?
As often as the label on the device or its maker says. The sheet leaves the interval as a blank at the top because it differs between devices and countries, and a printed figure would be wrong for some of them.
What if pressing test does nothing?
Treat the device as failed: it may no longer cut the power in a fault, which is the reason it is there. Do not keep resetting and retesting it; note it in the failures box and ask a qualified electrician to check it.
Is this the same as an electrical inspection?
No. The test button only checks that the device's own mechanism trips. A periodic inspection by an electrician can test the installation with instruments, including how quickly each device trips. Keep both records.
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