Earth bonding on street furniture

[ruggedscot]

You could say that about every metal consumer unit and 3 phase board.

If every consumer board and 3 phase board is installed correctly the cable cores are behind a panel and can not be accessed without a tool. Then they are compliant. Remove the panel without a tool and you have these cables exposed then you have an issue. This is quite clear. So I dont know what the arguement is. The original photo is non compliant.

 

[binky]

If every consumer board and 3 phase board is installed correctly the cable cores are behind a panel and can not be accessed without a tool. Then they are compliant. Remove the panel without a tool and you have these cables exposed then you have an issue. This is quite clear. So I dont know what the arguement is. The original photo is non compliant.

that installation is defiently rough, however, as it needs a key of some sort to open the box, and I'm guessing it would be one of those triangular gadgets or similar, is that considered a tool? They are less widely available than normal screwdrivers, which are definetly a tool. When is a tool not a tool but a key, is a key more secure than a tool, or was schrodinger's cat in there???

 

[Sidewinder]

Soo by your reckoning you can have cables without the sheath out without protection. Section 714 doesnt agree or disagree...

The picture shows that the wiring is dog rough.
The question is simply compliance with the minimum requirements of BS 7671, which it meets.
The wiring is behind a locked enclosure and has basic protection over all live parts as far as I can see in the picture.
If there is something that I can't see then so be it, I don't have x-ray vision, and I have not seen the thing myself, I can only judge by the picture I see.
714.411.201 states that basic insulation is all that is required behind a street lighting enclosure cover, and that appears present in the picture.
Therefore, no cause for a C2 against BS 7671.
I agree that the job is rubbish and needs re-doing, but, unfortunately, BS 7671 is not my opinion, nor yours.