I don't really feel comfortable with non-qualified persons opening cubicles on 480 volt systems.
If the original equipment design has the overloads inaccessable to
unqualified persons there is a darn good reason for it. How would you feel if some unqualified person you supplied a proceedure to got hurt or killed?
480 volt power is extremely dangerous to work live when you don't know what you're doing. And you know that anyone not qualified has never heard of lockout/tagout! I get a lot of requests to change breakers/transformers or reset breakers in the 480 volt class in the cinemas I service. My response? Call your electrician. They have the experience and proper PPE to do the job safely.
Sounds like you're in an industrial/commercial setting. What about your plant/facility electrician? That should fall under their job description.
Personal injury, liability issues abound with your request. If it was your boss who came up with this idea, they need to rethink it. If he's trying to save money on either manpower or lost-process time, he needs to find another way.
And welcome to ECN! You'll find a lot of great people here, with lots of valuable and sage advice.
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[This message has been edited by mxslick (edited 08-31-2005).]
