....to comply with GS38.
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....to comply with GS38.
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That could happen only if the MET is not connected to the supply earth, or if the CU case is not connected to the MET.
Nope - you're already working unsafely. You should have verified the installation earth first, and supply polarity.
Please see above. You've made assumptions that are not valid.
I don't. And not just because you're wrong about the scale of the risk.
I have seen it once, so it does happen.
It was a metal clad isolator for a swimming pool plant.
The plant room was a garden shed which had become rotten.
The shed men removed the old shed whilst they were waiting for us to arrive to remove the supply for the new shed to be built.
The supply to the isolator was 100A TP&N, fed in 16.0mm² SWA.
The isolator had been wrenched about as the shed was removed which pulled all the armouring out of the SWA gland, and in the process the edge of gland dug into one of the phase conductors.
The whole casing of the isolator was live when we arrived.
Me also.
It makes you adopt the habit of having a good look at the [local] incomer before you go gingerly touching stuff with a calloused knuckle.
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TLC's bullet list on the right hand model:
Key Functions
Voltage test range from 12 to 690 V AC/DC
Optical and acoustical continuity test
Patented, rotary-field indication
»no third hand required«
Single pole test for phase detection
Indication of polarity
Fully Compliant to GS38
Don't ask me! I wonder if the UK version has little extra slide-on insulation sleeves, not shown in the picture. Or something.
I've got a set somewhere.
Don't ask me where.
Thats what I think of them.
[grumble]Stupid rubbish RCD tripping test probes [/grumble]
Don't ask me where.
Thats what I think of them.
[grumble]Stupid rubbish RCD tripping test probes
[/grumble]The problem with some GS38 testers is that sometimes it's very difficult/hazardous to get 2mm probes to make a good contact. 4mm is better and is still GS38 compliant. And sometimes even 4mm isn't quite sufficient - but it has to do.
My Fluke T5-1000 has 4mm tips, the Steinel CombiCheck has 2mm, and the RS branded combination checker has 15mm, and a warning that it's not GS38 compliant, so I'm all set whatever I choose to do...
Thought you'd done all the jobs around the house BAS?
Don't tell me you're thinking about becoming professional electrician for the first time? It's a bad part of the economic cycle you know?
One thing, I bet you could sell tickets to your on site assessment.
Don't tell me you're thinking about becoming professional electrician for the first time? It's a bad part of the economic cycle you know?
One thing, I bet you could sell tickets to your on site assessment.
There's no mention of any such accessory in the spec sheet or the user manual, so I suspect the website is wrong.
And I bet that you couldn't.
on-site assesment now that I would love to see but I think it would have to be amonth long for all the things BAS is competent atThought you'd done all the jobs around the house BAS?
Don't tell me you're thinking about becoming professional electrician for the first time? It's a bad part of the economic cycle you know?
One thing, I bet you could sell tickets to your on site assessment.
Nah - only a couple of weeks - I'd whizz through it all...on-site assesment now that I would love to see but I think it would have to be amonth long for all the things BAS is competent at
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