Electrical Safety First Warning.

mapj1:
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As someone  I know well once remarked, if a  little knowledge may be a dangerous thing ,  perhaps a lot of it can be more so..

Indeed!


I was wondering if the picture in the Daily Mail article was a real-life case history, or just something made up for the purpose of a sensational article.  It reminded me of an incident many years ago when I was involved in the maintenance of the electrical installation of a small theatre. We were graced with a visit from the BBC, who were doing a radio broadcast from there. They took over a dressing room and piled in there loads of professional sound equipment kit - many complicated-looking boxes. These were connected into a nest of multi-way adaptors and extensions - not unlike the one in the picture, and all connected into a single 5 A socket.


I spoke to the engineers, tactfully broaching the subject of whether this would be too much load and offering a more-substantial mains supply. The response was a very casual, "Oh that's OK, there isn't as much as 5 ampères on that lot.


So much for a lot of knowledge. I think it is a case of knowing what you can get away with. Of course we need to play safe when we deal with people with limited electrical knowledge, but there is the matter of setting an example.

mapj1:
. . .

As someone  I know well once remarked, if a  little knowledge may be a dangerous thing ,  perhaps a lot of it can be more so..

Indeed!


I was wondering if the picture in the Daily Mail article was a real-life case history, or just something made up for the purpose of a sensational article.  It reminded me of an incident many years ago when I was involved in the maintenance of the electrical installation of a small theatre. We were graced with a visit from the BBC, who were doing a radio broadcast from there. They took over a dressing room and piled in there loads of professional sound equipment kit - many complicated-looking boxes. These were connected into a nest of multi-way adaptors and extensions - not unlike the one in the picture, and all connected into a single 5 A socket.


I spoke to the engineers, tactfully broaching the subject of whether this would be too much load and offering a more-substantial mains supply. The response was a very casual, "Oh that's OK, there isn't as much as 5 ampères on that lot.


So much for a lot of knowledge. I think it is a case of knowing what you can get away with. Of course we need to play safe when we deal with people with limited electrical knowledge, but there is the matter of setting an example.