On Oct 26, 11:38 am, Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-10-26 08:58:19 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk said:







"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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nightjar cpb@ wrote:
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Maybe, maybe not. It was always considered good practice to keep at least
6 feet between sockets on different phases. If they are closer, they are
likely to be wired in blocks, with several adjacent sockets on one phase.
If they are widely spaced, they might be wired on alternate phases.
Again, good practice would be to mark phase colours, either with phase
disks by the socket or by sleeving the live with a phase colour.

IIRC there is a legal requirement for something like that distance.

I used to think that, but it was discussed at length some time ago, possibly
on another group, and nobody could come up with any piece of legislation.

Colin Bignell

Perhaps the point was that it would then be impossible to stick your
fingers in two sockets on different phases at the same time. 400v
across the chest at suitable current would probably spoil the day for
most people.

Anyone doing that sort of thing is unlikely to be missed from the Gene
pool.

MBQ