Caravan hook up

gkenyon:

However, I can confirm that it doesn't matter how quickly technology moves on in this particular instance. Unless and until the relevant legislation - Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations - is revised, BS 7671 (and any provisions or guidance from ENA or DNO's) will never allow the connection of a caravan outlet to the earthing terminal in premises supplied from PME, quite simply because Regulation 9(4) does not permit an electricity distributor to connect a PME earthing terminal to a caravan or boat.

I am going to be a little mischievous and ask what penalty a consumer might face when he plugs in his caravan, be it in the driveway or elsewhere.


I feel sure that para. 4 of R. 9 forbids a distributor from installing a PME supply into a static caravan where it may be reasonable to install a service head, etc.; as opposed to a touring caravan, which by its very nature needs to be able to unplug.


R. 35 makes a distributor who has failed to comply with ESQCR 2002 liable for a fine of up to level 5, which nowadays means unlimited; but a consumer's liabilities are limited. R. 34 allows the Secretary of State to require that "any part of a consumer’s installation which is not enclosed in a building ... [which] is or is liable to become ... a source of danger to others ... shall not be used; or shall be made dead; or shall be removed ...". So when Mr Sharma goes canvassing in his constituency, what will he do about all the caravans that he finds "hooked up" to a socket on the wall?

gkenyon:

However, I can confirm that it doesn't matter how quickly technology moves on in this particular instance. Unless and until the relevant legislation - Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations - is revised, BS 7671 (and any provisions or guidance from ENA or DNO's) will never allow the connection of a caravan outlet to the earthing terminal in premises supplied from PME, quite simply because Regulation 9(4) does not permit an electricity distributor to connect a PME earthing terminal to a caravan or boat.

I am going to be a little mischievous and ask what penalty a consumer might face when he plugs in his caravan, be it in the driveway or elsewhere.


I feel sure that para. 4 of R. 9 forbids a distributor from installing a PME supply into a static caravan where it may be reasonable to install a service head, etc.; as opposed to a touring caravan, which by its very nature needs to be able to unplug.


R. 35 makes a distributor who has failed to comply with ESQCR 2002 liable for a fine of up to level 5, which nowadays means unlimited; but a consumer's liabilities are limited. R. 34 allows the Secretary of State to require that "any part of a consumer’s installation which is not enclosed in a building ... [which] is or is liable to become ... a source of danger to others ... shall not be used; or shall be made dead; or shall be removed ...". So when Mr Sharma goes canvassing in his constituency, what will he do about all the caravans that he finds "hooked up" to a socket on the wall?