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Guidance Note 3 Routine Routine Check scope and 'operation' where reasonable

Carla Amers

Guidance Note 3 advises of 'routine check' at advised frequencies in the various environments. What are thoughts on these being carried out on annual basis and where its states the equipment is to be operated 'where reasonable' what are your thoughts in both occupied building settings and industrial? Moving to implement these checks in a setting where inspection and test was always carried out at 5/3 yearly but the routine checks were not formalised so keen on some thoughts in adding these in to the CMMS?

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    And in a new or modified installation, perform a basic check on ALL the lights. Can all the lights be turned on by switches suitably placed ? Can all the lights be turned off by suitably placed switches. This may sound elementary, but I have often found some lights that cant be turned on or off.

    Then check that every general purpose socket outlet actually works, as a minimum use a plug in socket tester, followed by a fan heater. In a newly built office, I found several 13 amp sockets with no supply(plugged into underfloor busbar trunking, not enough busbar outlets, so end sockets not connected.) and others wrongly wired (earth and neutral reversed, revealed by the instant tripping of the RCD when using a heater.)

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    And in a new or modified installation, perform a basic check on ALL the lights. Can all the lights be turned on by switches suitably placed ? Can all the lights be turned off by suitably placed switches. This may sound elementary, but I have often found some lights that cant be turned on or off.

    Then check that every general purpose socket outlet actually works, as a minimum use a plug in socket tester, followed by a fan heater. In a newly built office, I found several 13 amp sockets with no supply(plugged into underfloor busbar trunking, not enough busbar outlets, so end sockets not connected.) and others wrongly wired (earth and neutral reversed, revealed by the instant tripping of the RCD when using a heater.)

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