Lock Off Devices?

[Scott F]

I must of learn't some bad habits along the way

 

[Smugley]

It would be so much easier if consumer units came with a pair of holes on the outer cover you could put a padlock on, rather than all this faffing about with different types of lockoff devices.Then everything inside would stay just how you left it. I've got four or five different lockoff devices and they could be broken off with a screwdriver quite easily I reckon

 

[Risteard]

It would be so much easier if consumer units came with a pair of holes on the outer cover you could put a padlock on, rather than all this faffing about with different types of lockoff devices.Then everything inside would stay just how you left it. I've got four or five different lockoff devices and they could be broken off with a screwdriver quite easily I reckon

Indeed. Add to this problem the fact that wholesalers don't stock lockoff devices!

You have to order them specially.

Why aren't they supplied along with protective devices, main switches etc.?

 

[mogga]

most commercial/industrial dbs sw fuses ect ect come with lock on door/some kind of lock off but the door keys are generaly a Universal type key hence IMO the mcb lock off thingy and a nice big multi lock thingy everytime

 

[Guest123]

CEF sell lock out kits.....I have one.

 

[Phil]

i use them, although when i asked for a kit a couple of years ago the wholesalers looked at me like i was stupid i also think they are quite expensive not sure if they are vat applicable but they should not be.

 

[Risteard]

Fair play to CEF if that's the case, but I know with some other wholesalers they have to specially order them for you because it's not the sort of thing that they stock. Some also don't stock warning notices etc.

 

[just add water sparks]

Obviously not as secure as lock-off devices and often frowned upon in saftey council lock off procedures.I had some nice big red tape , maked clearly in white " DO NOT SWITCH ON " Accquired this whilst working on a petro chemical site.I have never managed to come across this again,even scoured the internet,does anyone know where i can accquire this from.ON industrial sites its been a nightmare with a/c engineers willy nilly turning circuits on,so i lock off

 

[DurhamSparky]

if its hasp version your after

Safety Lockout Hasps on eBay (end time 18-May-10 20:04:09 BST)

going cheap...

 

[adversecamber]

if its hasp version your after

Safety Lockout Hasps on eBay (end time 18-May-10 20:04:09 BST)

going cheap...

I use one of them.

Not so much for shock protection but more to stop some muppet turning on the big machines while I am still inside them doing maintenance.