ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Emergency service work and inspections

Harold & Les:
5:23.2.14 (b) 2 states....
...as soon as possible, but obtain/apply for permit within 72 hrs...

With a phone call to the Construction Official, emergency inspections are performed basically 24/7. Shut-downs are basically common for Sat &/or Sun. But, as I said..communications help immensley.
BTW, we have full time inspectors, 5 days a week; as opposed to a lot of towns that are MWF, or TT.

Stay safe

Time frame: 24 hrs or next bus. day.

Around here, they are getting damn serious on permits.
Check the lic board web site and you see alot of suspensions for no permits.

I used to be a PoCo faults-man here.
If an electrician rang the PoCo (on a number that was never released to the public), you could have a faultsman there within minutes, as there were enough of us around that might be near the place in question.
As a lot of us were pushed to pass our Inspector registration, all you needed was the faultsman, he would de-energise the place (as is normal practice here).
As long as we sighted a Certificate of Compliance from the guy doing the job, the power would be re-instated.

This may get lost in translation since I have no idea the reputatations the POCO's have in the NZ area.

The POCO's here do not not have "faults-man". It is more like, "It is not my fault man."

SparkyAK:
Mike (Trumpy) speaks the same english that we do.

He means a 'troubleshooter' or 'troubleman'.

Well blimey mate, that be bloody good.

AK,
Sorry for a bad use of terminology.
A faultsman here does quite a few jobs.
Their bread and butter is fixing faults on LV (230/400V) systems, when they happen.
Faultsmen are usually employed by a PoCo, as they only service the PoCo network and any customers places that the network feeds.
Aside from that, a faultsman must be able to work on HV equipment, as in 11, 22, 33 and 66kV.
We hold registration as Electricians, first and fore-most, the majority of us are dual trade, as in have served an apprenticeship in Line work, especially doing things like Live Glove and Barrier or Hot Stick work.
The more skills you have, the more use you are to your employer.
Ray here (RODALCO) is a faultsman, it's a good thing to be in.

No worries here, the difference in languages is always a treat, esecially talking technical stuff. Throw a little slang in the mix and it becomes a party.