Recent content by Swelper

No need to be abusive.  Just because  you think its  ok to use 240v  on a building site. :slap

My boss pays me well.  The site manager  is another story. I could get him sacked  but I'm not like that. Back  stabbing is not my game. You think because  240v is legal then its ok to use it.  Well I can tell you different. 240 volt kills  and remember that.

I'm just out off  a hole. And  covered in about   a centimeter  of mud. Using 110v all  day in the pouring rain. Nothing constructive to add I see. Can you tell what exactly are their design parameters  are? Nope. Then STFU. And where did I say I was  going to mess  around with  their...

I'd be drawing my pension  a lot sooner  if I was depending  on the help from this forum. What I might do  in the mean time  is   supervise   a cable  dragger   and  have the     pumps  cable   fitted inside a sealed sub enclosure    with a  socket fitted.  Maybe  have  a resin pour  done...

There's loads  of misinformation. Even from you. If I can source one  I'll buy it  thats for certain. The original question  in the OP has not been  answered. That leaves me thinking  I'm on the wrong forum. I'll design and build my own  and liase with a manufacturer  to get it passed.

You  seem to be saying the Festool   plug-it system is flawed  and don't recognise its supreme  ingenuity. Thats a shame. As I've said before  if a festool plug-it cable  fails  you just  change cables. Takes about 5 seconds. Does the operative have to be qualified for that?  Nope. When the...

From reading the HSE website  I can see that its not compulsory. And no its not a prerequisite  for   being allowed on site. Seems a bit of a joke  tbh  as  a 240 volt  appliance might pass the test  and some  mug might think it acceptable  to use on a building site  where it later ...

PAT testing?  PAT who? Never heard of it before.  So its obviously  not compulsory  and not needed. My cscs  card training make no mention  of pat testing. Neither do site inductions. The main requirement  for site safety  with electrical tools   is the use of 110 volt.  Has been for years...

A visual check  will all too  likely  fail   to identify  cable damage. Especially  by a  non trained  site operative  working in hazardous  conditions. I wouldn't expect him to find  the fault  or the damage. How many of you  have had   damaged cables  and couldn't find the    fault  by a...

What happens  when the cable  becomes frayed? Two things can happen. 1  -  The user  can be electrocuted 2 -  Water   can pass down the copper strands  and inside the pump  destroying it. I've seen  one of those  happening!

I'm not a carpenter. I'm a formwork joiner. Less skilled  but much higher pay. And no  I wasn't  fault finding  on the pump. As I've already stated   the pump was hauled out on this occasion  because it had stopped pumping  and the hole I was in was flooding   and it was thought it  had become...

Slurry tanks  for  cow manure.  Which are shuttered with  formwork. Underground work and yes foundations also.

The site manager  uses the   pumps to clear water from holes. The workers  are lumbered with  240 volt equipment  by the site manager. Who is at fault? Should all the workers  just walk out?  And  then have no job? I have made several complaints  but falls  on deaf ears.  Why is  the site...

I think you  need to learn to read  doc. The pump was supplied  by the site manager. Other workers  have been using this pump  employed  by the  site manager. I'm   subbed in doing  formwork joinery  and supply no equipmemt  to workers. All my tools are  110v. I'm a one man band. I have made ...

Some of you guys should make yourselves familiar  with this quote..... The reason for 110-volt portable equipment on building sites is because the transformers are what is known as 'centre tapped'. This means that the voltage to earth is only 55 volts whereas the voltage to earth on a standard...