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Caravan Hook-Up Point Earthing.

Greetings,


 I was out and about today at a large sports ground field that has 5 caravan hook up points, two pairs and a single all separated by many hundreds of metres.


I had to test them as the new season will start soon. The sports field is very large and has a few flood lights situated around it fixed to high metal lighting columns.


I came to the first twin 16 Amp caravan hook-up point. It had a single R.C.D. and two blue sockets in an all insulated enclosure cable tied to a lighting column.


I could not confirm the earthing arrangement as I had no access to the main club house meter position.


So I carried out a loop test at the sockets and had a result of 1.41 Ohms, far too low to be a TT earthed socket.


What then was my concern?


Z.
  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Have we had any reports of injuries or fatalities by anyone using a correctly installed old style blue caravan socket on a site?


    Not yet, or they could possibly be under investigation.


    Regards


    BOD
  • Finances of the club/charity running it has no bearing upon your conclusion.

    Were they considered "safe for continued use" or not?

    Irrespective of the regs at the time of the install, are they now "considered safe" or not?