[committee] Fwd: UCC 'test-and-tag'

[Andrew Williams]

On 2019-05-23 1:29 PM, Timothy Chapman wrote:

> Thank you for your reply. It's very helpful to actually see the 
> regulations you'd like us to comply with. A quick point of clarification 
> that I feel must be made:
> In §3.59 I see the requirement for all electrical equipment to be 
> "tested", however I fail to see why that must specifically refer to 
> 'test-and-tag'.
> 
> If you could elucidate this point it would be much appreciated,

The tagging is simply a way to verify that the equipment has actually 
been tested - it's not like it costs extra to put a sticker on the cable.

I really don't see UCC has much choice about this - you can (and should) 
argue about how _often_ leads and equipment need to be tested+tagged 
(and do it before you do the test+tag, so they can put tags with the 
right expiry date on), but there's no way you'll ever be able to get 
away without _any_ test+tag on all the gear. The university just can't 
allow it...

Andrew