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Safety Instructions

Roger B


I recently purchased a few rewireable Europlugs from a German supplier:

https://www.conrad.ch/de/p/bachmann-900-003-schutzkontaktstecker-kunststoff-weiss-1838753.html


I found the safety instructions they came with quite interesting:

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A little over the top for fitting a plug but I guess they are fairly generic and driven by liability laws. I have put the German in as well for Mike (and others?).


Best regards


Roger
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    The rules are used generally in work on distribution systems, LV and 16kV certainly, probably also higher voltages. The requirement for earthing and short circuiting is to cover coupling from nearby circuits (painful and distracting but not directly fatal) and systems where there may be hidden/unknown connections. Once you have the system volt free make sure it stays there. Isolating at all points should cover this but belt and braces is good especially when a consumers local generation system decides to back feed.


    Most things are more expensive in Switzerland ?


    Best regards


    Roger
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    The rules are used generally in work on distribution systems, LV and 16kV certainly, probably also higher voltages. The requirement for earthing and short circuiting is to cover coupling from nearby circuits (painful and distracting but not directly fatal) and systems where there may be hidden/unknown connections. Once you have the system volt free make sure it stays there. Isolating at all points should cover this but belt and braces is good especially when a consumers local generation system decides to back feed.


    Most things are more expensive in Switzerland ?


    Best regards


    Roger
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