Isolation Procedure Generator
Create step-by-step electrical isolation (LOTO) procedures for LV, MV, and HV equipment.
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How to Use Isolation Procedure Generator
- 1Read this first: a generated procedure is a draft for a competent person to review. Never follow one as written, and never treat any conductor as dead until you have proved it dead yourself with an approved voltage indicator.
- 2Describe the equipment to be isolated, including its supply — '3-phase motor pump set MP-04, fed from DB-02 circuit breaker CB-12, located in Plant Room 1'.
- 3Set the voltage level: LV up to 1000V, LV 3-phase 415V, MV 1–36kV, or HV above 36kV.
- 4Add the location and company name.
- 5Generate, then have a competent person verify it against the actual installation, your company's safe isolation procedure and the permit-to-work system in force.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I follow the generated procedure on site?
No. It is a draft document, not an instruction. It has not seen your installation, does not know what else that board feeds, and cannot know about back-feeds, UPS supplies, standby generation or stored energy. A competent person must verify it against the real installation before anyone works to it.
Does it replace proving dead?
Nothing replaces proving dead. Isolate, lock off, prove your voltage indicator on a known source, test the conductors, then prove the indicator again. That sequence is done by the person doing the work, on the day, every time, regardless of what any document says.
Is this suitable for HV work?
The HV option produces appropriately structured text, and HV switching is carried out under a formal authorisation and permit regime by specifically authorised persons. If you are not authorised for HV, no document changes that. Treat the output as a drafting aid within that regime only.
What about back-feeds and secondary supplies?
The tool only knows what you typed. Back-feeds from other boards, UPS and inverter supplies, standby generators, PV and battery systems, and stored energy in capacitors are all things it cannot see and all things that have killed people. Identifying every source is the competent person's job.
Does it cover re-energisation?
Yes, including pre-energisation checks and the re-energisation sequence. Verify those against the installation too — restoring supply with someone still working or with a circuit left in an unsafe state is as dangerous as the isolation itself.
About Isolation Procedure Generator
The Isolation Procedure Generator produces a structured safe isolation procedure for equipment you describe, at the voltage level you specify, including the re-energisation sequence and pre-energisation checks.
Be unambiguous about what this is. It is a drafting aid that produces a document for a competent person to review, amend and authorise. It is not an instruction to follow, and it has not seen your installation.
The specific danger is what the tool cannot know. Back-feeds from another board, a UPS, an inverter, standby generation, PV or battery storage, and stored energy in capacitors are all invisible to it and all appear in the accident reports. Identifying every point of supply is the work of the competent person on site, and no generated document reduces that.
Nothing here replaces the proving sequence: isolate, lock off, prove the indicator on a known source, test the conductors, prove the indicator again. That is done by the person working, on the day, every time. Your input is sent to our own AI server over HTTPS, used once, and never stored or used for training. If our server is down, a backup AI provider may handle the request under its own data policy.