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MrJack96

Hi all can someone please give me some advice on the following? 

 

  1. say you’re maintaining a circuit and you realise parts of the circuits do not comply to the regulations what is the standard procedure for example ZS values that do not comply or IR that’s too low. I know in the industrial setting we are pressured to keep things going (critical kit) but say even if we’ve got it in writing we’ve said it’s potentially dangerous and we’ve been told in writing to switch it back on who is then at fault?

 

  1. say the circuit is an old installation and complied at the time of installation if we were then doing work on that circuit say for instance changing adding a spur to sockets that aren’t RCD protected what is the protocol with regards to bringing it up to current standard? 

 

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    Zoomup: 
    I worked for a company once that supplied a company vehicle. The vehicle was legally unroadworthy. One day I refused to drive it. Who would have been fined if I was stopped by the police, me or the company?

    I don't think that this is a particularly good analogy. The real question is whether you would have had a claim for unfair dismissal had you been sacked for refusing to drive the vehicle.

    So if you took a serviceable vehicle and were caught for speeding, quite rightly you would be penalised. Search for “frolic of your own” and you will see further examples where an employer is not liable for the employee's acts.

    Back to electrickery. If in the course of your normal duties you re-energise a circuit which you have found to be non-compliant, you will not be personally liable. However, if you are curious to know what would happen if, for example, you knowingly overloaded a circuit and harm ensued, you would be responsible because not being a part of your normal authorised work, it would have been a frolic of your own.

    Employment law is complicated, but generally, if you are an employee, you have nothing to worry about when things go wrong.

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    Zoomup: 
    I worked for a company once that supplied a company vehicle. The vehicle was legally unroadworthy. One day I refused to drive it. Who would have been fined if I was stopped by the police, me or the company?

    I don't think that this is a particularly good analogy. The real question is whether you would have had a claim for unfair dismissal had you been sacked for refusing to drive the vehicle.

    So if you took a serviceable vehicle and were caught for speeding, quite rightly you would be penalised. Search for “frolic of your own” and you will see further examples where an employer is not liable for the employee's acts.

    Back to electrickery. If in the course of your normal duties you re-energise a circuit which you have found to be non-compliant, you will not be personally liable. However, if you are curious to know what would happen if, for example, you knowingly overloaded a circuit and harm ensued, you would be responsible because not being a part of your normal authorised work, it would have been a frolic of your own.

    Employment law is complicated, but generally, if you are an employee, you have nothing to worry about when things go wrong.

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