PAT test and a H&S report

[charles]

But if you'd removed a perfectly standard mains plug, who is to say you hadn't put 1000v on the bare wires?

[Andy Burns]

Wouldn't it have been illegal to supply it within the UK without an approved plug, or adapter?

[Tim Watts]

Who is to say you didn't pour water in the vents?

[Tim Watts]

Maybe, but I've had certain specialist stuff arrive with a shucko 2 pin wallwart and a crappy adapter (too loose and wobbly)

[john james]

If they claim that, they have to show that that happened, not just claim that it might have.

And even if the plug had not been changed, it would still be possible to do that.

[charles]

only in the retail market and, in any case, who is to say the goods weren't bought abroad on-line.

[whisky-dave]

Who is the 'you' in this instance.

[whisky-dave]

Some people expect far too much ;-)

[John Rumm]

I quite often get printers and monitors come through with UK and shuko leads supplied these days.

[ARW]

Indeed. And it would probably be safer and easier to put 1000V down the live using the plug rather than the bare wires.

Of course I only use the 250V setting on the test case when I have a new apprentice holding the cables at the other end

[Tim Watts]

Do you still charge a 100m drum upto 1000V to educate him about capacitance? :)

[ARW]

Sod capacitance he still needs educating about walls. We were walking down a hospital corridor today and there was a corridor off to the left. He walked straight into the wall where the two corridors met. How the f*ck can you manage do that?

[Tim Watts]

Ah - perhaps you could pop him in the MRI room and ask the bloke to see if he's got a brain?

[ARW]

Twas the mental wards we were working on.

[Ian Jackson]

In message , Graham. writes

But plus a 'funny red thing' in the bottom right of the lid.

[Chris J Dixon]

Once upon a time, as I've probably mentioned before, one of the less practical design engineers was working in the electronics lab. On enquiring if there were any spare 13 A plugs for his soldering iron, he was pointed towards the SafeBloc. Some time later it was noticed that the SafeBloc was still on the bench, but it no longer had its plug!

Chris

[dennis]

If I had asked if there were any spare plug tops and had been pointed at a piece of equipment I would have taken the plug off too, especially a SafeBloc. Have they made the cord grip work properly in the last decade or two?

[Chris J Dixon]

I don't think I need to say more.

Chris

[snot]

But and this is a big BUT - most H&S depts wont allow mains leads to be modified by cutting a plug off and fitting another. No mods here just clip it in and do up the anti-tamper screw --- if you're allowed to use tools that is. Modifications to production equipment is forbidden on pain of a disciplinary hearing at my current place of "work".

[whisky-dave]

was he on the phone ?