Do you work in an office where you have your own electrical switch board?
I recently inspected a company’s premises to price some work and happened to notice a low end brand safety switch in their distribution board for the local area. Whilst on the premises, I offered to test the device as traditionally with low end devices, quality is compromised. I just felt a need to test this device, for the client’s and my peace of mind.
The device failed the test!
“Ok, so what” I hear you ask.
Well, safety switches are there to save people from electrocution. If power is going somewhere it shouldn’t be, the safety switch will detect the missing power and trip the circuit. This “lost power” could be going to you or one of your staff and result in a fatal injury. The reason could be from faulty equipment, an undetected accident or just simple nativity to the consequences of actions. It could also be said that they could potentially reduce the risk of a fire hazard in some cases.
Thankfully, in this case, it was found before anything happened and the company proceeded straight away to go ahead and replace the faulty protective device, together with 5 other locations.
So, how about we make sure everyone makes it home after work each day.
Don’t cut costs in electrical materials. It is always a better policy to allocate sufficient funds to an installation’s materials. Quality materials provide consistency in delivery of their intended purpose and in the long run save you expensive emergency service calls for return visits, faults or breakdowns and possibly even lives.
Safety switches are particularly not an item to cut costs on. In your business or your home.
You can do a basic (manufacturer provided) device test by pressing the test button on your safety switch once every six months at a minimum. Use the services of a qualified electrician to carry out a technical test on your devices for trip time measurements annually. If there is a suspect device, don’t risk the safety of your employees or yourself (or our family) and replace them straight away.
Setting up a proactive annual inspection, testing and maintenance program can usually eliminate those expensive service calls, breakdowns and loss of time (and money). So don’t skimp on electrical protective devices like safety switches. Pay a bit more up front, to save you in the future.
You can talk to us about having all the devices in your premises tested on an annual program today.
Live long, live safe!
Brian
excelcommercialservices.com.au
I recently inspected a company’s premises to price some work and happened to notice a low end brand safety switch in their distribution board for the local area. Whilst on the premises, I offered to test the device as traditionally with low end devices, quality is compromised. I just felt a need to test this device, for the client’s and my peace of mind.
The device failed the test!
“Ok, so what” I hear you ask.
Well, safety switches are there to save people from electrocution. If power is going somewhere it shouldn’t be, the safety switch will detect the missing power and trip the circuit. This “lost power” could be going to you or one of your staff and result in a fatal injury. The reason could be from faulty equipment, an undetected accident or just simple nativity to the consequences of actions. It could also be said that they could potentially reduce the risk of a fire hazard in some cases.
Thankfully, in this case, it was found before anything happened and the company proceeded straight away to go ahead and replace the faulty protective device, together with 5 other locations.
So, how about we make sure everyone makes it home after work each day.
Don’t cut costs in electrical materials. It is always a better policy to allocate sufficient funds to an installation’s materials. Quality materials provide consistency in delivery of their intended purpose and in the long run save you expensive emergency service calls for return visits, faults or breakdowns and possibly even lives.
Safety switches are particularly not an item to cut costs on. In your business or your home.
You can do a basic (manufacturer provided) device test by pressing the test button on your safety switch once every six months at a minimum. Use the services of a qualified electrician to carry out a technical test on your devices for trip time measurements annually. If there is a suspect device, don’t risk the safety of your employees or yourself (or our family) and replace them straight away.
Setting up a proactive annual inspection, testing and maintenance program can usually eliminate those expensive service calls, breakdowns and loss of time (and money). So don’t skimp on electrical protective devices like safety switches. Pay a bit more up front, to save you in the future.
You can talk to us about having all the devices in your premises tested on an annual program today.
Live long, live safe!
Brian
excelcommercialservices.com.au
