Safe or not?
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Safe or not?
The kid next door (24 yrs old) has a pretty girlfriend who is a beautician. She has no shop but visits up-scale clients in their homes. The kid built her a wheeled cart with a countertop including a sink, drawers, shelves... The sink has a pump to draw from a 15-gallon tank and another 15-gallon tank for waste. The cart also has dual duplex 15 amp receptacles one of which is a GFCI that protects the other. They are in a weatherproof box that also has a male twist lock 15 amp connector. He has made three cords; each has one end with a female connector to mate with the male twist lock connector. Cord #1 has a standard 3-prong male to connect with a grounded receptacle. Cord #2 has a polarized 2-prong connector and cord #3 has a non-polarized 2-prong connector. This covers all likely receptacles that his girl may find at a clients home.
The problem is that the girl is a licensed beautician and OSHA requires that all of her electrical equipment MUST be connected to a safety ground.
I told him to have his girl write to OSHA and get a waver as I feel using the cart will not compromise safety. What do the pros think?
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The problem is that the girl is a licensed beautician and OSHA requires that all of her electrical equipment MUST be connected to a safety ground.
I told him to have his girl write to OSHA and get a waver as I feel using the cart will not compromise safety. What do the pros think?
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First off,,, why show everyone everything? Just the common 3 prong. I would tend to think the rest of it is an excercize in mental masturbation anyway,,, are these others common where a standard 15A recept isnt? The twist lock would have been totally unneccesary, just a common 3 prong and if worse come to worse an adapter,,, way too much thinking here.
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Originally Posted by sberry27
First off,,, why show everyone everything? Just the common 3 prong. I would tend to think the rest of it is an excercize in mental masturbation anyway,,, are these others common where a standard 15A recept isnt? The twist lock would have been totally unneccesary, just a common 3 prong and if worse come to worse an adapter,,, way too much thinking here.
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I think that this setup is much safer than simply having a 15 amp cord and plug and using an adapter when there is no three prong receptacle.
I have no idea what OSHA or local regulations would have to say about this.
I have no idea what OSHA or local regulations would have to say about this.
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Originally Posted by 1Geniere
...visits up-scale clients in their homes.
In my opinion the safety ground would be unnecesary given the GFCI protection. You could give it a shot, OSHA may be more forgiving if your neighbor is self-employed.
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I think that this setup is much safer than simply having a 15 amp cord and plug and using an adapter when there is no three prong receptacle.
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1910.334(a)(3)(i)
A flexible cord used with grounding type equipment shall contain an equipment grounding conductor.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...ARDS&p_id=9911
This tells me that if the equipment she is using has a 3-prong plug, then a grounding conductor is required. Does she use grounding type equipment?
A flexible cord used with grounding type equipment shall contain an equipment grounding conductor.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...ARDS&p_id=9911
This tells me that if the equipment she is using has a 3-prong plug, then a grounding conductor is required. Does she use grounding type equipment?
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Originally Posted by thinman
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This tells me that if the equipment she is using has a 3-prong plug, then a grounding conductor is required. Does she use grounding type equipment?
This tells me that if the equipment she is using has a 3-prong plug, then a grounding conductor is required. Does she use grounding type equipment?
Thanks for the replies.
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