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Wind Turbine Safety Stickers

Service and maintenance safety stickers for use with dual power supplies

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With grid-tied wind turbine (and PV solar, and hydro etc) systems certain safety procedures must be followed. An electrician working on a dual supply system for example needs to know that in addition to isolating the mains power supply, he must also isolate any other connected generators or face the risk of electrocution.

Therefore, in any home or business with a dual power supply, everything must (in accordance with G83 regulations) be clearly and permanently labelled with the necessary information and safety warnings. The electricity meter, consumer unit, power inverter, generation equipment, and generator isolator switches for example must all be labelled.

In addition it is very helpful to display details of the original installer and/or the service/maintenance contacts so that in the event of problems, the correct people can be contacted without delay.

Wind Turbine Safety Sticker Pack


Wind turbine safety warning stickers - for use with dual supply power systems

Micro-wind turbine and PV solar installers Energy Connect UK have put together a complete set of high quality stickers which they use on their own installations and also sell as a package online in their online store. (Click here to purchase: safety sticker pack from Energy Connect UK).

This pack includes the following stickers:
1 x Mains Isolator label sticker
1 x START and STOP stickers for the mains isolator
1 x Danger 'Rotating Blades' sticker to be applied to the wind turbine with the instruction Isolate to halt
1 x Service/Maintenance sticker with two transparent areas in which the contact details and installation number can be entered
3 x 'Dual Supply' warning stickers which state "Do not work on this equipment unless it is isolated from both mains and on-site generation supplies" to be applied to electricity meter, consumer unit, and inverter. These also have a space where the installer can enter the location of the mains supply isolator and the on-site generator isolator
3 x Earth connection stickers to be applied where relevant

The stickers are very clearly printed, are very sticky, and are made from very sturdy material (thick clear plastic). The stickers are resiliant to scratching and very resiliant to tearing and so should easily survive the lifetime of the equipment onto which they are applied.

One pack of these stickers (sufficient for one installation) is available for £10 or a bulk pack of 5 installations' worth for £25. More information about these stickers is available here: wind turbine safety sticker pack (PDF).
Article Last Modified: 13:11, 15th Oct 2008

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