Earth Bonding and Surveyor Rant
- Thread starter Kalifornia777
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But all appliances DO have switches. I never said they has MAINS switches.
I believe the theme of the thread at this point (although it may not have been expressly stated) was isolation.
And reply was:
Treading that fine line between pointing out issues (of which there were many) and not peeing off the vendor to the point he tells my mum to go away and not buy it then. It was already fait accompli by the time I saw it anyway - and I didn't assess the issues as significant risks in the grand scheme of things.
As it is, I got a call from mum one day to say I shouldn't go near the place as the guy was almost in tears and telling her how much hassle I'd caused him. Coincidentally it was the same day she'd decided to pull out herself - I never did find out what the outcome was, I have a feeling the insurance company had told him to build the stairs properly
Brand new stairs and even after bodging with lumps of 3x2 underneath they were flexing "a lot" underfoot Sponsored Links
Winston often seems to struggle with the difference between "I wouldn't want them" and "You must not have them".
Can't beat pulling out the plug for isolation. 2nd best is MCB in CU.
Agreed. However, 'pulling the plug' may be challenging if the plug is behind an appliance which is either on fire or has developed a live case!
... unless it's a TT installation, in which case it would have to be an RCD or Main Switch- operation of either of which would result in some 'inconvenience'.
Kind Regards, John
I'll most happily second Johns 4:30pm reply.
The clicky ignitor on my gas cooker went wrong and was continually clicking. It was simple to turn the switch near the cooker off and it stopped.
If I hadn’t had a switch I’d have had to either try and pull the cooker out on my own or turn the MCB off and then the fridge freezer would have defrosted.
Not required, but useful when you need them. If you don’t like the look of them just pop a bread bin or similar kitchen item in front of them.
If I hadn’t had a switch I’d have had to either try and pull the cooker out on my own or turn the MCB off and then the fridge freezer would have defrosted.
Not required, but useful when you need them. If you don’t like the look of them just pop a bread bin or similar kitchen item in front of them.
A simple example saves hours of discussion.
Could it not have been remedied by pulling up the 'clicky button' and degreasing it?
No as that was not the cause of the fault.
and a nearby switch is quicker and easier than both.
Except that eventually you will have to do one or the other to fix the fault.
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