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BS7671 - It's A School Day (Every day is a school day)

Sergio Fernandez

Something to ponder for a Friday


Should the period of inspect for schools fixed electrical systems be shortened from 5 years to 3 or even made annual?

Should schools for under 16 years be granted special location status in BS7671?

Should all circuits in schools be protected by a 30mA RCBO/RCD regardless of their use?  This would apply to new or existing circuits.

Should schools have an accessible earth rod/disc and an inspection pit?


As always please be polite and respectful in this purely academic debate. 



Come on everybody lets help inspire the future.

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    Sergio Fernandez said:
    My opinion on this would differ as there could be 30 - 35 children in the classroon from different families and also children at home will be more familiar with their home enviroment. 

    Isn't this countered by the fact that in a School, there is a responsible duty holder?

    I can see that the actual design specification for a school ought to take some things into account that are not taken into account in other environments, but that doesn't mean BS 7671 is deficient? Indeed, BS 7671 has external influences BA2 and BA3 for the designer to consider, among a plethora of other external influences?

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    There may be parts of a School that have extra risks - cookery classes, various science labs, perhaps the gym, come to mind, but these I think are already handled by the relevant parts of the regs and the fact there is a more general H and S regime, as Graham points out.

    And I think it would  be hard to write in to a BS something that was not either so general as to be useless or so specific as to be unhelpfully restrictive. 
    If anyone it should be other authorities that decide that there are local rules for specific establishments, - much as potentially dangerous gas appliances are permitted at colleges that teach gas fitting so that the students have something to measure and  learn from...

    Mike.

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    mapj1 said:
    There may be parts of a School that have extra risks - cookery classes, various science labs, perhaps the gym, come to mind, but these I think are already handled by the relevant parts of the regs and the fact there is a more general H and S regime, as Graham points out.

    I think to an extent many of these are covered in other codes of practice, such as BS 4163

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    mapj1 said:
    There may be parts of a School that have extra risks - cookery classes, various science labs, perhaps the gym, come to mind, but these I think are already handled by the relevant parts of the regs and the fact there is a more general H and S regime, as Graham points out.

    I think to an extent many of these are covered in other codes of practice, such as BS 4163

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