Care Home? Should i recomend RCD sockets?

[Fin170]

Why would a nurse plug in a kettle (dodgy or not) into a socket within a patients room in the middle of the night??

I doubt she would plug a kettle into the patients room, but that does not mean that socket circuit is not feeding their tea area or (because as said the kettle was an example) an electric heater in the patients room packs up and trips it.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Don't ever recommend that anyone fits those dangerous socket covers!

Cue for Tony's imminent arrival bringing fire and brimstone ....

 

[trev]

I doubt she would plug a kettle into the patients room, but that does not mean that socket circuit is not feeding their tea area or (because as said the kettle was an example) an electric heater in the patients room packs up and trips it.

GASP! Ye can't say that any more man!

 

[Fin170]

GASP! Ye can't say that any more man!

Damn my insensitive posting, guess its back to the political corectness reeducation centre for me [emoji88]

 

[Engineer54]

I doubt she would plug a kettle into the patients room, but that does not mean that socket circuit is not feeding their tea area or (because as said the kettle was an example) an electric heater in the patients room packs up and trips it.

Yeah, and what if the moon falls out of the sky!!!

 

[dingledong]

We would then have big problems

 

[Fin170]

Yeah, and what if the moon falls out of the sky!!!

Example - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[davesparks]

I doubt she would plug a kettle into the patients room, but that does not mean that socket circuit is not feeding their tea area or (because as said the kettle was an example) an electric heater in the patients room packs up and trips it.

A care home that doesn't keep it's heating system properly maintained or have the portable appliances checked for safety?
Who knows what other failings there are going to be?

Best just wait for the next CQC inspection and see them get shut down!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Was this place originally wired as a Care Home or is it a take over job?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

You don't necessarily have to recommend anything.
Just point out that the current Regulations require RCD protection for socket-outlets intended for use by ordinary persons.
Compliance with the current Regulations can be achieved by either the use of RCD S/Os, or by installing an RCBO, or whatever other options are available.

 

[Robert Turnbull]

C3, Unless sockets can be used for outdoor use Then c2 - Had a similar one a month ago and this was the NIC response.

RCBOS's fitted to relavent circuits.