isolation of faulty appliances

[essexsi]

Good afternoon.

Hi chaps. If you have a gas appliance that is not working due to a fault (eg pilot assembly on rogue traders!) and you need to leave it a few days to wait for parts, would you isolate the appliance from the gas or leave it connected?

Thanks for your help to a wanabee gasman.

Si

 

[Rob]

If its dangerous and can be used then yes.

 

[essexsi]

Appreciate your reply Rob. I think I would always err on the side of caution and just isolate as near as possible to the appliance.

Cheers Si

 

[John M]

I'd shut off the gas to the entire street

Not bad for a telephone engineer eh

 

[Agile]

You might be able to do that for BT customer's telephones but not so easy for the gas mains!

But then BT no longer has the monopoly for landlines.

 

[John M]

You might be able to do that for BT customer's telephones but not so easy for the gas mains!

Whoooo I dunno ........ I'm here to fix not to be popular

 

[ChrisR]

If something's stongly At Risk and I decide the punter is likely to try to turn it on as soon as I'm gone I knobble the thing - turn pilot right down, paper under the t/c or similar.

 

[John M]

Ya not have stickers you lot ?


Attention
This appliance is up the
junction, we will be
back to fix it after the
3:45 @ Haydock



Summink like that

 

[DP]

I am quite sure it has Tony, as the line plant belongs to BT. Very similar situation to rail network and Transco.

Line that you refer to might be the connection but not the physical line. This type of line you can rent and then subrent to your customers

A gas installer does not have any authority to disconnect an appliance without permission. Only Transco does. If you have to disconnect, you must ask the owners permission first.

 

[ollski]

At risk means it should be turned off at a customer isolation point so that the customer can turn it on at their discretion and use it at their own risk, they must not be put in a position where they undertake a potentially risky procedure to have to operate it.
Immediately dangerous must be isolated safely from the gas supply, be that via yourself or, if refused permission, by ngt.
Making the right call between the two is slightly harder sometimes, but basically ID is an immediate danger to life or property.

 

[John M]

ID ?

 

[Rob]

ID ?

imediatley dangerous u fool!

 

[John M]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh