This page illustrates problems that our engineers have encountered while performing tests. Without corrective action these problems would pose a serious risk to the safety of employees.
 | There are two faults here. The first is the cracked plug top. This may come off leaving live connections exposed. The second is the plug is of a very old design without insulation on the live and neutral pins. This must be replaced immediately. |
 | The old style plugs are dangerous because it is possible to touch the live pin whilst the appliance is being plugged in. A potentially lethal electric shock is possible. |
 | It is not possible to touch the live pin on the new style plugs as the appliance is plugged in. |
 | Another common example of damage seen regularly by our engineers. |
 | Here the cable clamp is incorrectly gripping the live and neutral wires and not the outer insulation as it should be. |
 | Here is a correctly clamped and wired plug. |
 | Here you can see damage to the neutral wire and the outer cable insulation going right through to the live insulation. This is obviously a serious shock hazard. |
 | Here the damage is not as serious but still requires a repair to be carried out immediately. |
| While the plug in this photo is correctly wired the fuse fitted is rated at 13 amps. As the plug is connected to a table lamp the correct fuse would be one rated at 3 amps. |