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V.O.E.L.C.B.

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It dawned on me fully today while working in an old holiday chalet circa 1940s.


The man in the next chalet was trying to use his old Black and Decker 1970s car boot sourced electric drill outside on the grass. He was making a wooden clothes hanger with wood and pegs. A jolly good job too.


I had had a quick look inside his chalet as he needs some new sockets. The  fuse box is an old cream coloured Wylex 6 way unit with fuse wire carriers. There is an old Crabtree V.O.E.L.C.B. installed before the fuse box.


As he worked in the garden drilling wood, it dawned on me that he had zero shock protection as he would if he had a R.C.C.B. installed.


It's strange how a picture speaks a thousand words.


Z.


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    Sparkingchip:
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    The man in the next chalet was trying to use his old Black and Decker 1970s car boot sourced electric drill outside on the grass. He was making a wooden clothes hanger with wood and pegs. A jolly good job too.




    A forty year old Black and Decker drill with a metal case, a Class I hand held appliance unlike the modern all insulated drills with plastic cases, being used outdoors?


    That probably comes under the heading of foolhardy as well.




    Are you sure that it is Class I? I have a Wolf drill which was old when I bought it 40 years ago and it is Class II even though the gearbox forwards is metal.


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    Sparkingchip:
    Zoomup:

    The man in the next chalet was trying to use his old Black and Decker 1970s car boot sourced electric drill outside on the grass. He was making a wooden clothes hanger with wood and pegs. A jolly good job too.




    A forty year old Black and Decker drill with a metal case, a Class I hand held appliance unlike the modern all insulated drills with plastic cases, being used outdoors?


    That probably comes under the heading of foolhardy as well.




    Are you sure that it is Class I? I have a Wolf drill which was old when I bought it 40 years ago and it is Class II even though the gearbox forwards is metal.


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