Hi, thanks for any advice. I have been asked to install supply for vod for vac pumps on a farm. I have been told it needs own dedicated supply as will trip RCD’s. Could anybody explain why it will trip an RCD ( does it create that much earth leakage?) The local board I was going to feed from...
Does a new cable that’s supply a garage need to rcd protected at the consumer unit inside or can it be supplied off the non rcd side of the
consumer unit?
The garage will have a rcd consumer unit inside.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Hi, just wondering how other sparks, go about confirming main earth bonding continuity when supply cannot be isolated, ze and pfc can be enquired wich is fine but what happens if you cant disconnect main bonding earth, is previous test results good enough to confirm?visual checks good enough...
Hi All,
I have just completed an EICR on a new (2017) conversion and noticed the E7 looked unusual.
Is this the norm now to connect E7 to the main board feed from the meter?
There is only 1 appliance in the flat requiring E7 and that's the tank with 2x immersion heaters. Both are connected...
Hi just looking for some advice,
Extension has been built onto the side of a
house and they are putting in a separate consumer unit (just for the extension) and it will be fed off the existing consumer unit with a 16mm T&E. Distance between the 2 boards approx 6 metres. It’s a big enough...
Hi !
Much talk of the use of type A, type B and Type F RCDs recently.
As we know all are specified at varying levels to ignore the blinding effects of transient DC currents, that are being superimposed on our AC circuits by modern technology.
But is there a means to measure the level of this...
I'm looking at installing a 7kW EV charger on an outbuilding with the following characteristics:
EV charger will be 60 metres from the main fuse where there is an initial small consumer unit in the meter cupboard.
Currently there are 2 extra small consumer units for each outbuilding, each with...
So my client owns a shop and is building 2 small flats above... the shop has a 3 phase service head supplying a 3 phase board via a switch fuse isolator..
My question...
How do we organise tapping off that service head and getting two metered supplies installed in the flats?
Ti
Hi everyone!
I'm just after some advice regarding the power supply in an industrial unit I am about to lease. Does this unit have a 3 phase supply that I can use? I plan to get an electrician to fit some commercial fan heaters, but can't decide wether or not I already have 3 phase power that...
HI all,
Ill keep this as short as possible, basically annex off existing Large house, didn't do demand as existing house as swimming pool and its a large 60'shouse
told customer either upgrade existing house to 3 phase or new supply to Annex
Annex .
Electric UFH thoughout (1 bed annex with...
Hello everyone!
I would like to power 8 LED RGB panels, each takes 5v input and according to the datasheet 20W. (I take every consumes about 4A x 8 approx 32A)
I have a Power Supply from Meanwell. It has a single output of 5v and 60A, I could also opt for a slightly smaller one, 40A if better...
Hello all, I’m new to this forum! I work in commercial electrics (NVQ level 3, HND etc) but not domestic. I am confident to carry out basic domestic work but not familiar with the regs such as Part P etc.
New build house, 17th edition amendment 3 consumer unit.
I have a detached garage fed from...
please could somebody tell me how storage heaters are linked/synchronised with the electricity supplier so that they switch themselves off and on to coincide with the timings of the Economy 7 rate. In my case, for example, the E7 timings are allegedly 11.30 to 6.30am but the storage heaters are...
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