RE: New electrical regulations cause first deaths?

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

My wife is works as an advisor to a large employers federation and she
heard
anything about this yet

"Can't find anything on the news or update sites.  Prosecutions (if
there
have been any) don't usually occur until about a year after the
incident, so no evidence of these yet either"

I'd be interested if you find out anything further

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: mark_harrison_uk2 [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 December 2004 10:45
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] New electrical regulations cause first deaths?




It has been reported on another forum that there have now been 3
fatalities into the UK as a result of the new wiring colour harmonisation.

I have not been able to validate this claim, and wondered if anyone
else had heard similar?

The two-phase colours for cabling are blue and brown. For a
three-phase they are apparantly blue, brown and BLACK.

The deaths have, it is claimed, occured because electricians have
plugged in equipment to a black cable, believing it to be neutral, and
found that rather than a live -> neutral connection, they have a phase
1 -> phase 2 connection, so a 440v shock.

Not nice.

M.