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Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!

I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. :eek:mg_smile:

[ElectriciansForums.net] Dodgy trade pictures for your amusement! - 1 Million Views!
 
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DPG said:
What does the MICC from the cutout feed?
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To another cutout in another property.

SparkySy said:
^^^^ and where is the earth to the pyro?
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Slightly out of shot via a BS951 clamp.


This has been highlighted before and is part of many issues on site.

1, the load needs distributing across all three phases more evenly.

2, it needs a three phase meter, isolators and tails tidying up.

3, it needs this supply to next door rectifying.

Just had the DNO on site and to quote "nowt wrong with that", my gast was flabbered.

But he quickly backpeddled on closer inspection, and after being given a list of things that "are wrong with that".

Wait and see what they do to put it right?
 
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Just been told on Facebook by a self professed "Electrician" that not having an Earth in a rural house in France is not "dangerous" also because an RCD is not directly connected to earth it does not need one to work.
 
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Mike Johnson said:
Just been told on Facebook by a self professed "Electrician" that not having an Earth in a rural house in France is not "dangerous" also because an RCD is not directly connected to earth it does not need one to work.
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It’s amazing how many ‘electricians’ are on Faceache.

I often have to bow down to their ‘superior’ knowledge. A bit like the one who recently told me that a Type A RCBO could be blinded by DC leakage and only a Type B wasn’t. I tried to explain that Type A will operate with <6mA DC current and Type B was only required if the DC current was >6mA. Faceache expert told me I was wrong and Type A couldn’t see DC.

So I’ve sent a note to the IET and all manufacturers to amend all the regs/product specs. 😂
 
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Am I missing something here? An rcd does not require an earth to function.

you do of course need an alternate path for the current if you want it to trip but that is normally provided by the fault.
 
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James said:
Am I missing something here? An rcd does not require an earth to function.

you do of course need an alternate path for the current if you want it to trip but that is normally provided by the fault.
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But only if the property has an Earth, in rural France the Earth is the responsibility of the building owner the DNO/EDF do not supply or fit one.
 
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pirate said:
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The ivy acts as a drip loop, and the floodlight helps shield that rj45 connector from the rain...still all working 2 years on from the last time I took a pic of this
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It's doomed to fail long before a decent installed one would though.
I'm just wondering apart from the obvious electrical things being fed, would it be at the glands due to either stress from moving about in the rain or maybe the seals due to the open lid and water ingress.
Any thoughts
 
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