Testing live circuits

[jaguar1]

This is from my employers Electricity Policy

Competent personnel A may perform diagnostic testing on electrical equipment >50v and <600v
only if the system has been de-energized. If live diagnostic work is to be performed, a second
competent person A must be present during the work.


So does this mean if i am using a dvm to check for 240v or 415 v inside a panel / machine , then i am not allowed to do this on my own ???

 

[ricicle]

Looks like it to me !

 

[jockspark]

that goes way back to the factories act in the 60s
1961 or 68
before someone googles it and corrects me i am working
from memory

 

[Goldberg]

So does this mean if i am using a dvm to check for 240v or 415 v inside a panel / machine , then i am not allowed to do this on my own?

Are you talking about testing-for-dead when you believe that the equipment has been de-energised, or when you're working in full knowledge that it hasn't?

 

[SparkyNinja]

Could it not just be a dictation of their lone working policy?

I won't let my guys work on anything other than domestic alone. I don't make 2 competent guys work together all the time though, that would just get expensive.