Be a bright spark
Think you need to be a sparky to work safely with electrics? Think again. Read our step-by-step to carrying out basic electric tests, keeping you and your customers safe.
Think you need to be a sparky to work safely with electrics? Think again. Read our step-by-step to carrying out basic electric tests, keeping you and your customers safe.
It can be all too easy to think that you don’t need to understand working with electrics when you primarily work with gas. Yet, with the growing importance of electricity in modern boilers, knowing how to carry out basic electric tests is crucial for staying safe on the job.
To help you protect yourself against the risk of electrification from a live boiler case or an unearthed boiler, we’ve put together a quick step-by-step that you can refer back to on every job.
Before carrying out any work on a heating appliance, carry out the following steps to ensure that the system is isolated (dead) and the boiler is safe to work on.
L-N 230VAC +/- 10%
L-E 230VAC +/- 10%
N-E 0-15VAC
You don’t have to be an electrician to be a bright spark, you are responsible for your own safe working environment. Therefore, it is up to you to keep yourself and your customers safe by carrying out all necessary preliminary safety checks.
Keep this handy step-by-step guide to hand and refer back to it on every job. You’ll soon find that it’s faster to carry out the tests than it is to learn how to do them. It becomes second nature.
*Baxi takes no responsibility for any injury or accident which may occur when following these instructions.
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