Prosecution: Electrical contractor fined over unprotected switchboard components

An electrician in Western Australia was recently fined $15,000 after an inspection by the state’s safety regulator revealed switchboard components were left unprotected, leaving homeowners at risk of serious injury or electrocution.

The court was told the defendant failed to earth a metal enclosure, known as a DIN kit, in the consumer’s switchboard. If a DIN kit isn’t earthed, circuit protection devices may not operate under fault conditions, presenting a risk of exposed metal parts of the switchboard becoming live with potentially fatal voltages.

Read more: Electrician fined $15K (ecdonline.com.au)