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(Industrial inspector spouting forth) I reiterate comments above but emphasize the validation: a quick insulation resistance (500V min) to check the shave wasn't too close, press firmly but *flat* (don't press the point in or you'll just find copper) on what looks like the deepest point of...

"I actually undid it all and used a junction box secured and clipped it all down." You did exactly the right thing and were correct to be concerned without blowing it out of proportion ("not a clip in sight" is also a problem of course). You left the Wagos in use presumably and just enclosed...

Accessible only to authorized personnel is fine, assuming they are always available when the bldg is in use, but inaccessible for emergency or safety switching reasons is immediately C2, no quibbles, if's buts or maybes. I am signing the report, nobody can tell me to downgrade that. In a...

6mm²?!? Ooh, the luxury! My house (1956) has a 2.5-equiv green thing from the MET (external to my CCU) snaking across the loft space through unknown spaces (no mechanical protection, not even clipped) until it exits across the house to my rod electrode, a piece of steel bar in the ground, the...

Yup! One of my most common observations in commercial/industrial premises: "inadequate provision of socket-outlets in appropriate locations, extension cables permanently in use."

...and a free socket, not mountable socket of the style in that catalogue image posted by Paddler1. But the plug on the cable feeding the lights will presumably still live outside when unplugged, and that doesn't have a weatherproof cover, so storing that in a dry box would be a good idea just...

Who is this guy? A DIYer trying to troll us to get a reaction? This isn't YouTube! It's meant to be one of the few places intelligent people can go for serious (or at least technical) conversation without getting sidetracked by the nonsense the kids from nonprofessional sites bombard us with...

Well, it says "please send a welcome message" but I have nothing to say myself! I'd rather respond to others' posts and provide my wisdom when it's asked for... ;-) Hi all!

That's a nice little industrial single line dwg you use as an avatar ;-) But what the heck is that DB?!? 4-pole RCCB and 4P incomer, 3ph RCCB strips and a poor little RCCB on its lonesome making me wonder how discrimination is maintained... Is this how the French now handle "complete...

My favourite bugbear since the 17th came out! It goes down as a C3 on so many of my reports: "314.1 Every installation shall be divided into circuits... to i) avoid hazards [like every light in the building going out simultaneously and workshop equipment stopping mid-task or a Stannah stairlift...