IPx what?

[Dave Appleby]

Ok. Fun Monday one.

Can someone tell me the IP rating of a Debenhams bag?

Should I be using M&S or for top protection a Harrods one?

 

[littlespark]

What’s actually in there? Domestic socket for deck lights?

 

[James]

I would guess around IP24
as long as it has been well tied round the item being protected.

for outdoor equipment, I would prefer to see a black bag as the carbon helps with the uv protection to a limited degree.

Unfortunately, I dont believe the retailers list how well there bags perform as weather protection and although there may be some merit in using a bag from a high cost shop, it has yet to be independently verified.

 

[pirate]

Some of the supermarket bags are biodegradable, so nit really ideal.
A friend tells me the small pink ones from Anne Summers are pretty waterproof though...

 

[James]

A friend tells me the small pink ones from Anne Summers are pretty waterproof though...

they might be, but what about the bags? ?

 

[Moley]

Pah, amatuers. They didn't seal it with cheap insulation tape.

 

[Dave Appleby]

What’s actually in there? Domestic socket for deck lights?

Yep!

 

[littlespark]

Reminds me of when i used to work at the Dundee flower and food festival. The stallholders would rent their little pitch for their garden displays, and ask for a double socket if they needed one. So they were left their little plot of land and a socket on a wooden stake.

I get an emergency call, power off in half a dozen stalls.
Go and find someone that had plugged in their little lights and water features, covered the socket in a black bag, and then dumped a tonne of topsoil over it to create their "masterpiece" on.

Its not just about waterproofing it... its heat disapation as well

 

[DefyG]

Just hope its not one that dissolves over time - consequence don't bear thinking about!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Cowboys job

The real pros double bag

 

[Dave Appleby]

Cowboys job

The real pros double bag

Like so many things in life ?

 

[Dave Appleby]

Updated: after speaking with NICEIC yesterday I am reliability informed that under 7671 the only acceptable bag is fortnum and mason and MUST be sealed with a white sandwich bag tie.

 

[Moley]

I've just tried CEF, Screwfix and Stoolstation and none have them in stock. Is there a short term workaround ?

 

[littlespark]

You could build an entire house over the top of the socket and make it a domestic environment

?

 

[DPG]

You could build an entire house over the top of the socket and make it a domestic environment

?

Or build a commercial building over it, then no part P notifications required for any work.

 

[Dave Appleby]

I've just tried CEF, Screwfix and Stoolstation and none have them in stock. Is there a short term workaround?

I suppose you could double bag with Harrods and list as a departure