Joe,
Thanks for that original post.
Is there going to be any discussion on the way that Arc-Faults actually occur?
I could say PPE until I'm blue in the face, but at the end of the day, if Electrician's couldn't give a toss about thier own safety, or that of others working around them, what's the point?.
I realise that we have a good bunch of guys here at ECN that do care and to a certain extent, that should be reflected in thier Insurance premiums.
Joe,
I recently went to a job where I was required to de-energise the installation before work started at 5pm.
I walked in to the switch-board area at 4:30pm to find a guy holding a wire as thick as my middle finger, no gloves and he was shaking like he was holding a Cobra, it was live.
I went and dropped the pole fuses.
But idiots like this Joe, just can't help themselves.
Had that guy let go of that wire, wether by muscle fatigue or whatever, there would have been a HUGE explosion.
1000A@ 400V.
Fault Current would be 500kA.
Not something I'd like to get in the way of. [Linked Image]