Should these isolation switches have guards

[Elsa TLC]

Should these isolation switches have guard at a primary school?

 

[JohnW2]

Should these isolation switches have guard at a primary school?

They arepresumably safe enough for anyone (including children) to touch, as they are, but if it is felt necessary/appropriate to do something to make it more difficult for primary school children to 'fiddle with them', that might perhaps a different matter!

 

[Elsa TLC]

They arepresumably safe enough for anyone (including children) to touch, as they are, but if it is felt necessary/appropriate to do something to make it more difficult for primary school children to 'fiddle with them', that might perhaps a different matter!

Thank you John for responding.
Im assuming they are nit dangerous, I wondering if regs state anything.

These are for the Air con units. The pests keep turning them off.

 

[JohnW2]

Thank you John for responding. Im assuming they are nit dangerous, I wondering if regs state anything.

Not to my knowledge. As we've agreed, they are designed to be safe 'as is'

These are for the Air con units. The pests keep turning them off.

As I implied, that's obviously a potential issue that you might want to address - but it's not really anything to do with electrical regulations. After all, 'the pests' could interfere with any switches they come across (light switches, switches on sockets etc. etc.)

 

[ericmark]

Normally they can be locked either on or off.

 

[pete01]

View attachment 415387 Normally they can be locked either on or off.

Locked on? Didn't think you could lock on.

 

[Rodders53]

Those switches can only be padlocked in the OFF position; but not the ON... from this https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/5148220-32a-4-pole-ip65-isolator-switch-ip66-ip69

Change switch for an alternative that can be locked ON or move higher out of reach or into the guard/cage?

 

[pete01]

Something similar to this, maybe.

 

[Elsa TLC]

View attachment 415387 Normally they can be locked either on or off.

Good man. Thats a treat

 

[Elsa TLC]

Locked on? Didn't think you could lock on.

Shiť

 

[ericmark]

I have a drill, I think I know what I would do!

 

[Elsa TLC]

I have a drill, I think I know what I would do!

I think I know what your thinking.

 

[pete01]

 

[plugwash]

I have a drill, I think I know what I would do!

On the isolators that stick out, I can see you could just drill an extra hole to allow them to be locked on as well as off, but is that possible to do that on these ones with the recessed actuator?

 

[flameport]

Should these isolation switches have guard at a primary school?

No, that entire area should be restricted access.