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G6ONEDave · 1st Aug 2021, 6:05 pm

According to the18th edition IET BS7671:2018 regulations section 553.1.1 states:
Every plug and socket outlet shall comply with all the requirements of items (i) and (ii) below and, in addition, with the appropriate requirements of Regulations 553.1.2 to 553.2.2:

i) Except for SELV circuits, it shall not be possible for any pin of a plug to make contact with any live contact of it's associated socket-outlet while any other pin of the plug is completely exposed.

ii) It shall not be possible for any pin of a plug to make contact with any live contact of any socket-outlet within the same installation other than the type of socket-outlet for which the plug is designed.

Bearing in mind that 230v ac is classed as low voltage, not SELV. Indeed the definition of low voltage is defined as being from 50vac to 1000vac.

Hope this extract helps as regard to the regulations.

Dave

1st Aug 2021, 6:05 pm	#32
G6ONEDave Octode Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Owston Ferry, North Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 1,701	Re: Mains plug restoration According to the18th edition IET BS7671:2018 regulations section 553.1.1 states: Every plug and socket outlet shall comply with all the requirements of items (i) and (ii) below and, in addition, with the appropriate requirements of Regulations 553.1.2 to 553.2.2: i) Except for SELV circuits, it shall not be possible for any pin of a plug to make contact with any live contact of it's associated socket-outlet while any other pin of the plug is completely exposed. ii) It shall not be possible for any pin of a plug to make contact with any live contact of any socket-outlet within the same installation other than the type of socket-outlet for which the plug is designed. Bearing in mind that 230v ac is classed as low voltage, not SELV. Indeed the definition of low voltage is defined as being from 50vac to 1000vac. Hope this extract helps as regard to the regulations. Dave __________________ Quote "All is hyperthetical, until it isn't!" (President Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica)