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Live Exposed Conductive Parts.

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I have left the hyphens out because the parts that I am referring to are normally live but insulated by a cover. 


I was working in a bungalow today. The consumer unit is situated at high level just below the ceiling in the kitchen. Below the consumer unit is a tall storage cupboard. When I used my steps to turn off an M.C.B. I noticed that the long plastic bus-bar cover that is normally inside the consumer unit was left out on top of the tall storage cupboard. Also a modern energy meter had no cover on it and the four terminal screws were visible. The screws are partly recessed by 2 or 3mm but are still touchable if you put you finger against them. I suspect the solar panel installers are to blame.


So, the owner could be searching for an item stored on top of the tall storage cupboard and get a nasty shock. I suspect that the cover meant to cover the live meter terminals was dropped down the back of the fixed tall storage cupboard.


Bad all round.


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    weirdbeard:

    Hi zoomup, apologies that I don't have a biblical reference number, but could you tell off your steps who the energy meter belonged to? Did you take a picture?




    Hello weirdbeard,

                                    I am not sure who the meter belonged to. It may have been associated with the solar panel system. I did not take a picture of it. I had limited time, but did not consider a snap. I notified the home owner. He is an elderly simple country man who would not fiddle I am sure. I am to provide an E.I.C.R. in January for him so I can look deeper then. Are you thinking of possible abstraction?


                               


     




    Thanks for the reply, I was not thinking of abstraction, look forward to the pics in Jan :)

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    Zoomup:




    weirdbeard:

    Hi zoomup, apologies that I don't have a biblical reference number, but could you tell off your steps who the energy meter belonged to? Did you take a picture?




    Hello weirdbeard,

                                    I am not sure who the meter belonged to. It may have been associated with the solar panel system. I did not take a picture of it. I had limited time, but did not consider a snap. I notified the home owner. He is an elderly simple country man who would not fiddle I am sure. I am to provide an E.I.C.R. in January for him so I can look deeper then. Are you thinking of possible abstraction?


                               


     




    Thanks for the reply, I was not thinking of abstraction, look forward to the pics in Jan :)

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