Les
Well-Known Member
And, if there's ever a tornado, that is one less flying projectile.
tired electricians at the end of the day won't go find a safety if it's not there already... almost everyone will fasten it if it's on the light, but a lot of people won't go track one down if it's not there waiting for them.... be it from laziness or forgetfullness.
Which is why I don't keep the safety's with the fixture, preferring instead to assign someone to attach safeties and make sure all fixtures get them. I also have someone go around and pull shutters and check that the square head bolt is tight and that the fixture doesn't swing.
Sad to say, but even with folks who've been doing it for 15 years, I still need to check they're work (and I want someone to be checking mine). I occasionally have words with a few when they feel I don't trust them. I recently took a whole bunch of cell phone photo's of 2 ladders worth of Shakespeares (48) that had 30 degrees placed where a 40 should have been, 40's instead of 30's, no safety's, safety's clipped to the pipe but not actually safety'ing anything, loose c-clamps, etc... all done by 2 of my most experienced electricians, who were having a long discussion about something and not paying attention to their work (see "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"). When someone questions my reasons I show them the photo's. Shuts them right up.
'Ya gotta' make sure things are safe. Period.
Steve B.
We safety cable every fixture that is not on the ground. We do not safety cable anything in storage or mounted to the deck as it is kind of pointless and my department is too cheap to buy safety cables for every fixture (Don't get me started.) I do however on every show I design, personally check that every fixture not on the ground is properly tightened and has it's safety cable properly attached. Any fixture that doesn't have one gets one and if I can't find one I make one out of 1/8" Aircraft Cable and Nicopress fittings.
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