Pulling the Main Fuse (Poll)

[Midwest]

Agreed, SSE have a written policy. So why not see if 'yours' has?

 

[Midwest]

Well I thought this had been done to death but seems people still had a lot to get off their chest. Interesting poll result, but not shocked by it. I suppose the poll options I forgot to add were PPE when pulling the fuse - who wears it, who doesn't? If you do, what do you wear?

Close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears
If the cutout looks dodgy I wouldn't touch it, call the dno. I wear glasses, safety glasses as matter of course. I acknowledge the previous post mentioning safety visor and gloves. Remove load by safe isolation and remove fuse. Reciprocal in replacing fuse.

 

[DPG]

Stand on something insulating if on a damp concrete floor in a cellar. Daz

 

[Midwest]

Stand on something insulating if on a damp concrete floor in a cellar. Daz

Normally use my safety shoes not my slippers, but get your point.

Expect there will be the normal HS ditties. But when I'm drilling fixing holes for a back box, I don't wear safety hat, hi viz vest, ear defenders, gauntlets and fire extinguisher on stand by for your normal domestic residence.

Tin hat, I'm mean safety hat on

 

[ruston]

They used to be tin lol.

 

[telectrix]

They used to be tin lol.

yeah , well tin is making a comeback under amd.3 plastic hats are a fire hazard and must be banned.

 

[Electric Magic]

yeah , well tin is making a comeback under amd.3 plastic hats are a fire hazard and must be banned.

Or completely enclosed in a bigger metal hat

 

[telectrix]

you only need to get your heated curlers a bit looseand your hair could catch fire. a tin hat will contain that fire so that it's just your brain that gets fried. then you can retrain as a plumber.

 

[Adie moore]

found this once, and that was AFTER cutting the seals.

 

[telectrix]

found this once, and that was AFTER cutting the seals.

60A rewiresble -- common up till the 70's. :mkungfu:

 

[Bobster]

It's only a bloody 100A fuse at the end of the day.

I certainly wouldn't hesitate in pulling one to make sure it was safe for me to work, absolutely no need for any form of live work in a domestic situation.

Make sure the carrier is in good condition, take the load off it. Pull it out. You can even insert the carrier without the fuse if you're worried about the little bit of live copper at the bottom.

How many have worked in the large Bill/Red Spot boards, you wouldn't worry about pulling a fuse there to make it safe to work? These will also most likely have larger fault currents behind them too.

 

[telectrix]

It's only a bloody 100A fuse at the end of the day.

I certainly wouldn't hesitate in pulling one to make sure it was safe for me to work, absolutely no need for any form of live work in a domestic situation.

Make sure the carrier is in good condition, take the load off it. Pull it out. You can even insert the carrier without the fuse if you're worried about the little bit of live copper at the bottom.

How many have worked in the large Bill/Red Spot boards, you wouldn't worry about pulling a fuse there to make it safe to work? These will also most likely have larger fault currents behind them too.

and with them red spots, you never know if there;s a load on when you pull it. we used to have guessing games on guessing the size of the load according to the strength of the spark.

 

[freddo]

These look much more exciting to work with than a domestic cutout:

 

[test electrical]

3phase what ever amp get the seals and lugs of RS or CPC 20 years am doing it. Ring them email them and tell them most of them use the same gear and as for crimper's for every engineer that's a load off horse meat. The meter reader's don't have a clue what there looking at and don't care and the engineers are the same as long as there's no dodgy stuff going on. Lads work save pull the fuse's the IET & and the Electricity work Act no only in exceptional circumstances. So if can pull the fuse there's no law saying you have work live, do it or sub the job to someone like me lol.

 

[willy fixit]

I feel safer keeping my gloves on, removing the tails from the meter and leaving the fuse intact and only one seal to replace! (Helmet on)

 

[Taylortwocities]

I've seen you, willy

Here's the proper way (not too sure about the spark resistant properties of that fleece, mind you)

 

[Midwest]

Is that isolator still on?

 

[mhar]

where are the overgloves for mechanical protection? That is NOT the correct way

 

[hightower]

where are the overgloves for mechanical protection? That is NOT the correct way

They'll be VDE gloves, just got myself a set rated to 1000v.

Cue all the #GlovedW***** posts. I'm ready haha.

 

[Midwest]

1st one, you could use the gloves when cleaning the toilet