Not DIY advice. How often do pros work live? Discussion ThreadNot DIY advice. How often do pros work live? Electrical Advice
First off there is no question of me doing anything live. Or even near anything live.
This is just a question triggered by observing they guys installing our solar. They did everything live, including installing a new RCBO in the garage consumer unit and connecting the new circuit. None of our electrics were switched off at any stage.
When I mentioned this they said they do this all the time.
Is this normal? As a non-electrician I can't see why they wouldn't at least switch off the main switch on the CU. (I'd have shut off the isolator at the house so nothing in the CU was live)
The only other possibly relevant point is I asked them at the start when they were likely to shut power off, as I was set up ready to power the chick shed from a generator but didn’t want to have to run that all day. Possibly the were responding to that.
Not DIY advice. How often do pros work live? for the original thread on Electricians Forums
First off there is no question of me doing anything live. Or even near anything live.
This is just a question triggered by observing they guys installing our solar. They did everything live, including installing a new RCBO in the garage consumer unit and connecting the new circuit. None of our electrics were switched off at any stage.
When I mentioned this they said they do this all the time.
Is this normal? As a non-electrician I can't see why they wouldn't at least switch off the main switch on the CU. (I'd have shut off the isolator at the house so nothing in the CU was live)
The only other possibly relevant point is I asked them at the start when they were likely to shut power off, as I was set up ready to power the chick shed from a generator but didn’t want to have to run that all day. Possibly the were responding to that.
Not DIY advice. How often do pros work live? for the original thread on Electricians Forums
