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RCD UPSIDE DOWN ?

garywwess

Hi All,  hmm,  i have a shiny box with a plug on it..  so far so good ..except the RCD is mounted upside down, i would have thought that generically speaking ALL switches for isolation or reset would have been “lift to reset” & trip down for off but cant find anything that backs this up.. but, the wording is also upside down on this one and on another where the wording is correctly oriented it clearly states up for ON when it is obviously the other way round (proved live).. 

any reference material you can point me too..

gary

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     The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (legislation.gov.uk) are specific for emergency control valve handles, down for off, its the Law ;)

    Emergency controls

    9.—(1) No person shall for the first time enable gas to be supplied for use in any premises unless there is provided an appropriately sited emergency control to which there is adequate access.

    (2) Any person installing an emergency control shall ensure that—

    (a)any key, lever or hand-wheel of the control is securely attached to the operating spindle of the control;

    (b)any such key or lever is attached so that—

    (i)the key or lever is parallel to the axis of the pipe in which the control is installed when the control is in the open position; and

    (ii)where the key or lever is not attached so as to move only horizontally, gas cannot pass beyond the control when the key or lever has been moved as far as possible downwards;

    …

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     The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (legislation.gov.uk) are specific for emergency control valve handles, down for off, its the Law ;)

    Emergency controls

    9.—(1) No person shall for the first time enable gas to be supplied for use in any premises unless there is provided an appropriately sited emergency control to which there is adequate access.

    (2) Any person installing an emergency control shall ensure that—

    (a)any key, lever or hand-wheel of the control is securely attached to the operating spindle of the control;

    (b)any such key or lever is attached so that—

    (i)the key or lever is parallel to the axis of the pipe in which the control is installed when the control is in the open position; and

    (ii)where the key or lever is not attached so as to move only horizontally, gas cannot pass beyond the control when the key or lever has been moved as far as possible downwards;

    …

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