Is this legal?

[Darkwood]

As i said before this is all out of the scope of the 17th so opinions shouldn't be applied reletive to what we understand about BS7671.... you would be recalling half the countries electronic goods if this was the case... if it has a plug on it then it will be unplugged before stripping it down for possible repairs... consider a drill that has a broken neutral within the flex ... it will have a live side power throughout when trigger pulled this does not make it unsafe, same as control panels, circuit boards etc with N-switching/fusing ......if you are working on them you should be trained to do so which you are not with the title of Electrician given this its not going to be beyond your competence to make safe and see if you can possible repair a broken wire, loose connection etc....

All these parts you refer to with such N switching or fusing are usually powered via a DP isolation point if not on a removavble plug if you are entering a device and worried that the N has fused or switched leaving a live circuit throughout then you have not followed correct isolation procedures.

 

[chrisatgt]

Hello All,

Thanks for the replies and the interest. My concern was for our customers rather than for myself. The earth line in the supply lead is connected through to the output socket but not terminated within the timer. It is quite feasible to connect a device onto the output of the timer rendering its lead and internals live when the timer switches off. Depending on how well the customer's installation is protected will depend on how safe things are, something we have no control over whilst this "still live when off" unit is being used.