Poolside Electrical Problem

[securespark]

Was at my local pool today with the two youngest. As they were getting out, the staff were setting up a pump to inflate a raft.

They plugged in a 110V tranny to a 240V socket in a store room. The tranny and the pump plug were on the poolside, in Volume Zone B (Sorry, I don't have my latest regs at home, this is from the 16th: not sure if this has altered).

Does that comply with regs? Are a standard site tranny & 16A 110V plug and socket correctly rated for Zone B?

 

[Spark123]

Portable appliances don't fall under the scope of the IEE regs, the fact that an employee has been given the apparatus to do the job means that they should be doing risk assessments taking the location into consideration, my 50p is on they haven't bothered with a risk assessment.

 

[wingcoax]

50p against £50.00 they havn,t a clue.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What odds on the management of the facility being aware of their responsibilities under the EAWR?

 

[Spark123]

I doubt they even know what the EAWR are! At a push they might have heard of the HASWA.

 

[securespark]

You'd think there'd be something in the regs: after all, in a domestic bathroom you cannot have socket within 3m horizontally of bath.

You can't have any 110V items in Z2, unless powered via an isolated tx.

Seems daft to me that you can have a 230/110 SD tx 2 feet from the edge of the pool....

 

[Spark123]

Maybe so, I have seen some frightening stuff. I have seen someone drilling a hole downwards into a swimming pool basin utilising a long drill bit and an extension from outside
The regs require adequate protection for sockets etc within the location but you can't take into account someone with a long extension reel being stupid.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[1john]

nice to see the chap up the ladder taking his PPE seriously

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Safety goggles.

And bare feet.