If one of your coworkers suffers a severe electric shock, your first instinct will most likely be to rush to their rescue. But first, pause and reflect. Because the human body is a good conductor of electricity, the charge that just travelled through your coworker could readily move into you if...
Hi guys I'm new to this forum. I was working along side this guy doing a rewire on a 3 bedroom property.
As everything was getting ripped out, he left the fuseboard connected live, which he then connected a temp socket off a breaker which was fixed in order to use power tools etc .... An...
What would be your test procedure for testing a new installations db
sequence
test
instrument
scale
range
expected results
precautions
all opinions welcome
well Ive joined the NEC forum and sent a post about adding a testing procedure section to the code book
heres the post.
I know that testing procedures are taught in apprenticeship but Ive found it to be severely lacking in clarity and tends to be an issue with many apprentices not being...
Saw this Vid and thought it may help the newbies to clarify a few points on the ifs and why's of cross connecting ect.
Forgive me if seen before on the forum, just seemed like a nice straight forward approach.
How To Test A Ring Main Circuit- Video | Electrician's Blog
Hello Everyone ,
Thanks in Advance for any help given it is very much appriecated !
I am mainly a domestic electrician working on houses , Recently we have been asked to do the earthing arrangements for a freestanding brick built substation for a single transformer ! Now lets get this straight...
Hey all I would like some feed back on my companies guide to testing procedures.
We only repair electric showers or replace like for like.
My issues are
we never issue a MWC when replacing shower units.
No Zs reading are taken and main earth bonding is not checked, though we do IR tests.
And...
I'm a little stuck on the different types of safe isolation procedures
the questions I've been asked are as follows
demonstration of the full, safe isolation procedure required in order to carry out electrical work/maintenance to items of electrical equipment
a) single phase circuit
b)...
What equipment is required to carry out safe isolation of a distribution board. The board in a hotel lobby open to the public aswell...
Any help would be much a appreciated
How do,
I am looking for a good link or book on the procedures/ regs for disconections of 400kV substation transformers for bushing maintenance. anyone a HV substation wizard?
Cheers
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Is there a requirement for First Aid safety signs | electric shock procedures to be positioned near a distribution board. I have been to a remote pumping station and there are no safety signs anywhere. Would you put this down as a C3?
thanks
When I work on the railway signalling system in the UK. We had a training course called "Safety Procedures When Working on Electrical Equipment"
This is because a lot of work must be done live. This course had specific instructions for testing equipment and I believe was based on regulations...
Hi all,
I'm new to the site and was wondering if anyone knows of any inspection and testing procedure documents i can download. I need to write a report stating exactly how to carry out an initial inspection and really don't fancy starting from scratch. Any help would be appreciated.
Regards...
Hello all, I've been asked by a neighbour friend to change a consumer unit and was going to do it on a building notice. Question is do I need insurance cover or are the LABC liable because I'll go down the proper route and declare the job and provide PIR EIC etc?
Got 2391, 2330 all you need to...
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