Failing a cable then switching circuit off?

[snowhead]

This facility exists in gas, why not electricity?

Unfortunately it doesn't.
I'm also Gassafe reg.

Gas regs state "With the permission of the responsible Person, isolate the appliance"
If the R.P says catagorically no, you cannot isolate, the next move is to contact National Grid Gas, who do have the legal power to isolate.

However isolation can be stopped if there is an overriding safety factor like a complex chemical production process then failing and causing a greater danger of explosion than a gas leak would.
A few thousand loaves not getting baked would fit that clause.

 

[Spark1979]

Surely you've covered yourself if you right it on the report and sign it. Personally as far as I am concerned you have no power to disconnect anything even though we'd love to. Image every report done if we disconnected everything not to the regs or dangerous people and shops would have no lights and sockets everywhere.

 

[sharpy1983]

Cheers for the advice Darren, I'm off to the office first thing to discuss it so ill let you know the outcome

 

[trev]

Surely you've covered yourself if you right it on the report and sign it. Personally as far as I am concerned you have no power to disconnect anything even though we'd love to. Image every report done if we disconnected everything not to the regs or dangerous people and shops would have no lights and sockets everywhere.

There's a massive difference between not complying with current regs and dangerous mate

 

[Spark1979]

I hear what your saying Trev but all we can do is advise, I had a fault on some sockets in a factory unit, no ring continuity high cpc readings at sockets told the manager there still using them, there would be hell on if I turned them off. You can only do what your paid to do, and that's test and report.

 

[markythesparky]

id agree sharpy, Your were employed to report on the condition of the installation and you have found a CPC that could well be live. i think i would haev done the same thing. the point is that you then report the fault to the owner or engineer and they deicd what to do. if they take months deciding then that their problem not yours. if you had left it and someone had been hurt your bosses would have been quicker than an apprentice with an exam to run away from it and pass the blame. the way you have left it is that its in their court.

You have made it safer than it was! i presume you have listed your actions in the report to cover yourself (just in case some idiot goes and turns it on again)?

 

[ian.settle1]

Sounds like there is a fault in a joint underground and rather than find it somone has cut the cpc at each end.

 

[sharpy1983]

Hello fellas, I noted it as a c1 on the eicr and made the customer aware that the circuit is off and will remain locked off until they give us further instruction. Still awaiting their decision.

 

[markythesparky]

Dont hold your breath.