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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?
 

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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.
 
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...
 
Pah, amatuers. They didn't seal it with cheap insulation tape.
 
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
 
Just hope its not one that dissolves over time - consequence don't bear thinking about!
 
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.
 
I've just tried CEF, Screwfix and Stoolstation and none have them in stock. Is there a short term workaround ?
 
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.
 

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