No Andy. Realistically I don't think so, and premises does not mean buildings, it is an area of land owned by a person. If you read 714.411.202 you will also see that disconnection times of 5 sec are expected for street furniture, and no number is given for your average private garden item except that additional protection by RCD IS required. None of this is either consistent or makes much sense. Street furniture is much more likely to be touched by the Public, the odd garden item is very unlikely to even be touched by the householder. Why is a bus shelter more dangerous than a lamp post? Gardens and drives are actually private, not public areas, You will see in 714.1 that Gardens are obviously Public Gardens, along with all the other Public spaces.
I'm afraid this is another bit of badly drafted feature creep in BS7671.
No Andy. Realistically I don't think so, and premises does not mean buildings, it is an area of land owned by a person. If you read 714.411.202 you will also see that disconnection times of 5 sec are expected for street furniture, and no number is given for your average private garden item except that additional protection by RCD IS required. None of this is either consistent or makes much sense. Street furniture is much more likely to be touched by the Public, the odd garden item is very unlikely to even be touched by the householder. Why is a bus shelter more dangerous than a lamp post? Gardens and drives are actually private, not public areas, You will see in 714.1 that Gardens are obviously Public Gardens, along with all the other Public spaces.
I'm afraid this is another bit of badly drafted feature creep in BS7671.
