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I know a lot of us here are parents and have had to turn a blind-eye to the some of the electrical shenanigans you see at the schools events (particularly outdoors).
Our PTA (parent teacher association) have had the fear-of-god put into them an events company that used their ground and now want to do things a little better and have asked me.
The puzzle is if I come in hard on them they'll clam and abandon the idea
So I need to find cost-effective step-by-measures to improve things and make the reasoning easy to understand.
My ideas so far.
* Identify short documents (from good authorities) that explain in clear English the how and why of good outdoor electrical practice so they can understand the issues and the solutions (and why and what I am spending there money on).
* Buy a real of toughened cable, ceeforms and fused trailing sockets to replace daisy-chained domestic extension leads
* Check the length of the cable runs to check how it impacts earthing and cutouts
* Investigate whether the "rugby ball" trailing socket covers they've seen are a help or hindrance to good safety practice
* Write up on a website my findings
* Make the next event (a fireworks night) safer
I am aware this thread could easily become a flame-war but I am genuinely just trying to help and I am hoping by working out some simple ways to make safety better, it will become so!
I would appreciate any feedback from people in the same situation
Our PTA (parent teacher association) have had the fear-of-god put into them an events company that used their ground and now want to do things a little better and have asked me.
The puzzle is if I come in hard on them they'll clam and abandon the idea
So I need to find cost-effective step-by-measures to improve things and make the reasoning easy to understand.
My ideas so far.
* Identify short documents (from good authorities) that explain in clear English the how and why of good outdoor electrical practice so they can understand the issues and the solutions (and why and what I am spending there money on).
* Buy a real of toughened cable, ceeforms and fused trailing sockets to replace daisy-chained domestic extension leads
* Check the length of the cable runs to check how it impacts earthing and cutouts
* Investigate whether the "rugby ball" trailing socket covers they've seen are a help or hindrance to good safety practice
* Write up on a website my findings
* Make the next event (a fireworks night) safer
I am aware this thread could easily become a flame-war but I am genuinely just trying to help and I am hoping by working out some simple ways to make safety better, it will become so!
I would appreciate any feedback from people in the same situation