Lockable sockets wired wrongly

newfutile · Jul 4, 2024

During an eicr i found that all of the lockable sockets had reverse polarity , presumably from the manufacturer .
Of course this also questions the installation electrician and testing or lack thereof .
Has anyone else encountered this ?

[ElectriciansForums.net] Lockable sockets wired wrongly

westward10 · Jul 4, 2024

Fair few years back now doing an EICR in some offices and some floor sockets were inaccessible so we used some manufactured desk extensions to confirm polarity, all were reversed. Got access to one and the plug was fine but all had wrong polarity.

newfutile · Jul 4, 2024

This is why we conduct eicrs ,i wonder if i should inform the manufacturer , it seems unlikely the installer would alter all the pre wired connections but you never know i guess.

westward10 · Jul 4, 2024

It wouldn't hurt to tell them.

pc1966 · Jul 4, 2024

If the switch (grey think?) was rotated 180 deg it would be correctly wired, and those cables look pretty much cut to length as fitted, so is that what has gone wrong?

Certainly it should be reported as that looks like a product recall situation.

pc1966 · Jul 4, 2024

Actually looked again and the grey thing has IN/OP marked and matching so it is correctly located, but wires crossed. Either way it should be reported.