Lockable sockets wired wrongly

[newfutile]

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 ?

 

[westward10]

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]

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]

It wouldn't hurt to tell them.

 

[pc1966]

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]

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.

 

[pc1966]

If it is this one, then factory photo looks correct (brown towards front panel, opposite to example here):

GGBL3060L - Lisse - switched socket - lockable - 2 gangs - 13 A 230 V white | Schneider Electric UK

GGBL3060L - Lisse - switched socket - lockable - 2 gangs - 13 A 230 V white

www.se.com

 

[newfutile]

I have reported it to the manufacturer who called me back quite quickly .

 

[DPG]

I have reported it to the manufacturer who called me back quite quickly .

But what did they say?

 

[newfutile]

The usual “thanks for letting us know we will speak to quality control”