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Recommended checks before CU change

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As most of you know I’ve only been qualified for just over a year and I’ve got a quote to do for a cu upgrade.


I know I’m nowhere experienced enough to do EICR’s yet, but what would you guys recommend I check/test before doing the cu upgrade and should I do these checks/tests at the quote stage?
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    Alan is correct there Fitzy. In my adult life I`ve never had an electric shock except when someone has played that age old game - catch the capacitor (throwing a charged capacitor gently towards you and you instinctively attempt to catch it,) ouch 500V in a 1uF capacitor does hurt even on my dry skin.


    As a child, in hospital early moring, I attempted to plug TV in . Little fingers and non sleeved pins on plugtops were not a good combination. Not only hurt but freetend me to death.

    Without that lesson would I have got an accidental shock later in adult life? Quite possibly.
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    Alan is correct there Fitzy. In my adult life I`ve never had an electric shock except when someone has played that age old game - catch the capacitor (throwing a charged capacitor gently towards you and you instinctively attempt to catch it,) ouch 500V in a 1uF capacitor does hurt even on my dry skin.


    As a child, in hospital early moring, I attempted to plug TV in . Little fingers and non sleeved pins on plugtops were not a good combination. Not only hurt but freetend me to death.

    Without that lesson would I have got an accidental shock later in adult life? Quite possibly.
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