Pulling the main fuse :/

[D Skelton]

Is that so? considering I work for the DNO!!

I don't care who you work for, that is irrelevant, it might be the case that you need this cocopops certificate thingie to pull the fuse in your job (probably a H&S thing), but by law, no matter who you work for or what you do, you don't need anything to pull a fuse whether that be one in your DB or the main suppliers one, it is not illegal, it does not contravene any statutory or non statutory regulation nor do you breach any by-law. You commit no crime whatsoever by pulling an unsealed suppliers fuse!!!!

 

[7029 dave]

Nothing to do with h&s, You have to be authorised to work on dno's cutout by holding a MOCOPA certificate which is renewable every 3years.It is the dno's equipment solely,and it is only them who can withdraw the main fuse and reinstate weather sealed or unsealed end of.

 

[D Skelton]

You're talking out of your rear end. Yes you are correct that you need to have authorisation to work on their equipment and/or make alterations to their equipment as it is their property, this is even mentioned in the ESQCRs however removing a fuse is not working on their equipment nor is it altering it!!

Shame, I guess from now on all firemen have got to hold cocopops certification to pull main fuses too, if they don't they've just got to watch the property set alight and burn to the ground

 

[Des 56]

You're talking out of your rear end. Yes you are correct that you need to have authorisation to work on their equipment and/or make alterations to their equipment as it is their property, this is even mentioned in the ESQCRs however removing a fuse is not working on their equipment nor is it altering it!!

Shame, I guess from now on all firemen have got to hold cocopops certification to pull main fuses too, if they don't they've just got to watch the property set alight and burn to the ground

If it is an high level mains,that situation could only arise if the fireman has his cocopops smoke alarm certificate for climbing his steps in the first instance



Be careful out there,the H+S brigade may be waiting to pounce on this thread (if they have the correct "thread writing" certificate of course)we all know how obsessive they can be

 

[Daniel Cotter]

I can honestly say no one gives two ..... about cut seals unless there is suspicions of theft.

 

[telectrix]

but is it worth stealing the seals once you've cut them and rendered them useless? :35:

 

[Daniel Cotter]

No just leave them there

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Nothing to do with h&s, You have to be authorised to work on dno's cutout by holding a MOCOPA certificate which is renewable every 3years.It is the dno's equipment solely,and it is only them who can withdraw the main fuse and reinstate weather sealed or unsealed end of.

Are you being certificatavist? :dizzy2:

 

[Knobhead]

Last thing you would want to use, some of those kitchen gloves are known to be semi-conductive!!!

They make gloves for 11KV. Pity you can't bend you're fingers in them.

 

[Knobhead]

Nothing to do with h&s, You have to be authorised to work on dno's cutout by holding a MOCOPA certificate which is renewable every 3years.It is the dno's equipment solely,and it is only them who can withdraw the main fuse and reinstate weather sealed or unsealed end of.

Funny how I've had a UKPN engineer stood next to me while I opperated 11KV switches for them.

 

[Des 56]

Not once in this thread have I heard of a "Pair of Marigolds" mentioned

 

[Daniel Cotter]

Only if its a metal clad mate

 

[Dave 85]

Its not illegal anywhere...
As long as you deny all knowledge that is

 

[Dave 85]

You're talking out of your rear end. Yes you are correct that you need to have authorisation to work on their equipment and/or make alterations to their equipment as it is their property, this is even mentioned in the ESQCRs however removing a fuse is not working on their equipment nor is it altering it!!

Shame, I guess from now on all firemen have got to hold cocopops certification to pull main fuses too, if they don't they've just got to watch the property set alight and burn to the ground

D Skelton...
I'm already a big fan of your work, and now you have Rommel as your avatar. Awesome!

 

[telectrix]

Not once in this thread have I heard of a "Pair of Marigolds" mentioned

they have been, on an early post.

 

[Guest111]

One of the worst examples of not pulling the fuse happened to one of my apprentices some years back,before D lock came in loop testers had a habit of tripping RCD's,so the trick was to link it out while you did the test.Now I'd always drummed it into my lads to ALWAYS pull the bullet before doing this,and taught them the safe way to do it,after all if you had pulled it to replace tails why chance it live to drop the link in?There were almost no isolators back then,anyway our boss was one of those who would pull the tails live and tape them up while he changed a board,he went mad if anyone pulled a bullet preferring to take stupid risks at times.My apprentice had finally qualified and was out with the boss doing testing, they came to a job I was on and when it came to linking out the RCD the boss insisted it was done live,the tail dropped out and hit the gas pipe,there was a big bang and a blue flash,the young lad was stood there shaking ,luckily the gas pipe suffered no damage sadly the same could not be said for the service fuse which had blown.We then had to call out the DNO to get it replaced,I really enjoyed explaining to their engineer why the fuse had blown,but I enjoyed it even more hearing him tear a strip off the boss for telling the young lad to work live.

 

[driverman]

You're talking out of your rear end. Yes you are correct that you need to have authorisation to work on their equipment and/or make alterations to their equipment as it is their property, this is even mentioned in the ESQCRs however removing a fuse is not working on their equipment nor is it altering it!!

Shame, I guess from now on all firemen have got to hold cocopops certification to pull main fuses too, if they don't they've just got to watch the property set alight and burn to the ground

i heard many years go, if the fireman want the power off, they just aim the hose at the cutout and bang power off!!

 

[ElectriCall]

The SSE recently told me it ws fine to cut the seal, as I'm NICEIC registered

 

[LeckyBill]

The SSE recently told me it ws fine to cut the seal, as I'm NICEIC registered

really do wpd allow the same

 

[Engineer54]

The SSE recently told me it ws fine to cut the seal, as I'm NICEIC registered

From the many cock-up's brought to our notice on here, i'd suggest that being registered with the NICEIC, is a damned good reason NOT to let them anywhere near the service cutout!! lol!!