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Electrical Installation User's Manual.

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We are provided with user's/owner's operation manuals with many products these days, such as with new cars or domestic electrical appliances.


Should we provide one regarding domestic electrical installations, especially if we are letting a house or flat, or after a rewire? The manual could simply cover the use of the electrical installation and the operation of consumer units and internal devices such as the main switch, M.C.B.s, R.C.B.Os and R.C.D.s. Does one exist in printed paper form already?


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    After Christmas, I may put up a photo of a workspace where I sometimes work where a trailing socket has been plugged into a floor socket and the flex is subject to being run over by an ordinary office wheeled chair. The subject came up for discussion this week, but happily I was sitting at the other end of the table.


    Then I wondered whether the socket is RCD protected.


    ​​​​​​​Building is mid-60s public sector.


    I happened to bump into the boss and expressed my concerns. "Do you know what an RCD is?" "No." (So when did she last press the test button at home? ? )


    Then I enquired of the security staff what happens if a circuit trips. They call in the maintenance team (Mitie).


    I am just so tempted to take my MFT into work and do an RCD test. ??
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    After Christmas, I may put up a photo of a workspace where I sometimes work where a trailing socket has been plugged into a floor socket and the flex is subject to being run over by an ordinary office wheeled chair. The subject came up for discussion this week, but happily I was sitting at the other end of the table.


    Then I wondered whether the socket is RCD protected.


    ​​​​​​​Building is mid-60s public sector.


    I happened to bump into the boss and expressed my concerns. "Do you know what an RCD is?" "No." (So when did she last press the test button at home? ? )


    Then I enquired of the security staff what happens if a circuit trips. They call in the maintenance team (Mitie).


    I am just so tempted to take my MFT into work and do an RCD test. ??
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