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Life was simple back in the day, raising a family and living in a shack. Then they invented electricity and people found life more exciting with a whole new way to die.

Electricity was and is dangerous and in May 1882 the first rules and regulations were made protecting people from shock, fire and death. Prophetically, these were called the First Editon.

They may have been old fashioned but they weren’t stupid, they knew by adding a few pages every couple of years they could change the number and charge more each time.

These first rules weren’t much, inspection involved the condition of “The Generator” and testing was probing circuits with electric currents. So how did they do this?.

Well, continuity was probably done with a bell and battery, nicked from a telephone, and insulation resistance with a hand cranked generator, also nicked from the telephone. After all these rules were for the Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians.

Live testing was probably by switching on to see if it worked, a practice that has persisted to today. So what do you think, were things really better in the olden days?
 
However, across the pond, Americans who love new and exciting technologies, developed the electric chair. This was not to warm your bottom, but to fry it!

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That's cause its fixed equipment;) :p
No it aint it's ISTIEE or ISITEE Never can remember the right way, ISTIEE or whatever is the testing of electrical equipment, be it portable, fixed, Mobile, transportable etc basically power consuming apparatus, even if it's screwed down it still comes under the CoP.
 
No it aint it's ISTIEE or ISITEE Never can remember the right way, ISTIEE or whatever is the testing of electrical equipment, be it portable, fixed, Mobile, transportable etc basically power consuming apparatus, even if it's screwed down it still comes under the CoP.

Quite right Pete anything connected to a SUPPLY becomes part of the SYSTEM and must be tested.
 
Pat wasn't in it that day , he was the day after.
He was supposed to be in that day.
Oi you 2 lay off will you, as Tel once said age is just a number, after the news I have just had the past few days I feel 21 again.

Pete it's like throwing breadcrumbs into a fish pond, the fish come up to take the bread and you take the bait, every time
 

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