Racked with guilt, faced with the shame and humiliation of being judged by my peers if a case came to court, I will be up at the crack of dawn to remove my two "BS 7288" RCD sw skt outlets. It was all going so well. In case I was unwell and my wife was needing to use the heavy Flymo on the lawn I enquired at the local B and Q store if there was such a thing as a safety device which would save your life if a cable was severed and a person inadvertently touched the live wire. "Oh yes", the sales lady said, these sw/skt RCDs are one our most popular lines, we sell thousands each year. Easy to fit she said. I bought two, one for the rear of the house, one for the rear. Dont forget to switch off your fusebox! she said. No mention of BS 7288, Regulation 531.3.4.1, departures, additional protection, fault protection, upstream, downstream, RCD in the fuseboard, (in fact new fuseboard), in fact re wirewing the ring circuit because it is less than 50mm deep.

But to my horror, word had got around the neighbourhood where the safety devices were as common as double glazing, two special "wiring regulation" officers, PCs Jewsbury and Kenyon were tasked to call on every home in search of the "illegal" devices. A skip appeared in the street, and residents were seen with suspicious bags being emptied into the skip. B and Q put a notice up, "normal sw/skts out of stock" Safe from prosecution, life went on. The Flymos appeared on front gardens, with a note "free, please help yourself" Sales of petrol mowers soared. 


Regards, UKPN

Racked with guilt, faced with the shame and humiliation of being judged by my peers if a case came to court, I will be up at the crack of dawn to remove my two "BS 7288" RCD sw skt outlets. It was all going so well. In case I was unwell and my wife was needing to use the heavy Flymo on the lawn I enquired at the local B and Q store if there was such a thing as a safety device which would save your life if a cable was severed and a person inadvertently touched the live wire. "Oh yes", the sales lady said, these sw/skt RCDs are one our most popular lines, we sell thousands each year. Easy to fit she said. I bought two, one for the rear of the house, one for the rear. Dont forget to switch off your fusebox! she said. No mention of BS 7288, Regulation 531.3.4.1, departures, additional protection, fault protection, upstream, downstream, RCD in the fuseboard, (in fact new fuseboard), in fact re wirewing the ring circuit because it is less than 50mm deep.

But to my horror, word had got around the neighbourhood where the safety devices were as common as double glazing, two special "wiring regulation" officers, PCs Jewsbury and Kenyon were tasked to call on every home in search of the "illegal" devices. A skip appeared in the street, and residents were seen with suspicious bags being emptied into the skip. B and Q put a notice up, "normal sw/skts out of stock" Safe from prosecution, life went on. The Flymos appeared on front gardens, with a note "free, please help yourself" Sales of petrol mowers soared. 


Regards, UKPN