😁Happy Friday all! It’s time for another Friday’s Find!
📷This weeks’ find is brought to you by Guardians very own Technical Director, Matthew Gilmore, who recently discovered this pictured distribution board, which was located within a mobile/transportable unit at a clients’ site.
🕵🏻As can be seen, the DB is missing a cover, meaning that there are exposed live parts on display and is in breach of Regulation 416.2.1 which states that. ‘‘Live parts shall be inside enclosures or behind barriers providing at least the degree of protection IPXXB or IP2X’. To make matters worse, the board is also within arms reach.
⚠️In addition to this, Part 7 of BS7671, section 717, also covers the location requirements for a mobile or transportable unit. However, on this example, the earthing arrangements were found to be incorrect, also breaching Regulation 717.411.4.
🗣️Resultantly, the client was informed regarding the C1, the DB was replaced and an earth rod was installed to the correct the earthing system (C2). Without Matt’s expert knowledge of special locations, this could have easily been missed!
🫱🏻🫲🏻Get in contact with us today to ensure your site is safe and compliant!
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