Warning Labels inside consumer unit lid

[onions1066]

I can't believe a thread about where to put labels has managed to get 45 posts.

 

[telectrix]

maybe this thread needs a warning label....

" Attention, Reading this thread results in using 10 minutes of your life which you'll never get back"

(black lettering min. 2" high on yellow background.)

 

[Midwest]

maybe this thread needs a warning label....

Some of your jokes do

 

[Risteard]

Can anyone tell me if they know of anyone that regularly tests their RCD's every 3 months?

I do. Otherwise there is no guarantee that it will provide the requisite protection due to stiction.

 

[Risteard]

hum.... anyone removing the lid of a CU should be more than familiar with the colours of the cables and shouldn't need a warning label this long after the colour changes...

Surely the longer it has been since the colour change the more the warning label is required as it is no longer fresh in people's minds.

 

[Dave OCD]

They often fail to meet the required times when testing for an EICR or alteration/addition job due to not being operated for years, but after a couple of 'trips' they're generally fine again .

 

[Octopus]

Surely the longer it has been since the colour change the more the warning label is required as it is no longer fresh in people's minds.

Really.........................................?

I simply don't agree.

Next the IET will be getting us to code all red and black cables C3!

 

[telectrix]

maybe add a label instructing customers that MCBs are not rewireable.

 

[Risteard]

Really.........................................?

I simply don't agree.

Well surely it stands to reason that at the time of the change most Electricians would have been aware of it, but say in 20 or 30 years time many of the new breed will never have been come across red/yellow/blue and black cables.

 

[telectrix]

Really.........................................?

I simply don't agree.

Next the IET will be getting us to code all red and black cables C3!

only if they're wrong way round.

 

[Octopus]

Well surely it stands to reason that at the time of the change most Electricians would have been aware of it, but say in 20 or 30 years time many of the new breed will never have been come across red/yellow/blue and black cables.

But if they are competent sparks the would check that the "odd" red cables are live, and the black ones neutral.

 

[Dave OCD]

Really.........................................?

I simply don't agree.

Next the IET will be getting us to code all red and black cables C3!

I still have some red sleeving left and use it on unmarked black switch wires whenever I come across them, it's annoying to find brown sleeve on both red and black on older wiring inside switches imo.

 

[Risteard]

But if they are competent sparks the would check that the "odd" red cables are live (sic), and the black ones neutral.

It's not as straightforward with a three-phase installation though where blue could be either L3 or neutral and black could be either L2 or neutral. It doesn't seem entirely unreasonable to warn people to verify what the conductors actually are.

 

[Octopus]

Fingers crossed the UK will revert to the proper colours in a couple of years......

 

[Dave OCD]

I'd love to think so, miss the old R/Y/B three core.