What would of stopped this happening?
Job I did this morning.
SWA supply for outbuilding had sliced basic insulation at the gland due to poor wire stripping. Another outgoing SWA feed for an external GYM was actually back feeding water into the consumer unit as it was uphill and had some head pressure of about 4 metres on the cable. The gym had a rotary switch with some plastic 20mm conduit directly above the SWA coming in so the SWA was simply funnelling water downhill into the main outbuilding C/U!
Anyway water dripped directly onto sliced conductors where it arced and roasted the insulation. Main 80a fuse didn't blow
though.
Ah. Also. The armour wasn't terminated at the metal consumer unit. It had been terminated outside and the earth bought in with a separate fly lead. The Gland for the 2 SWA conductors was plastic so no earth fault occured at the gland when the water caused the arcing. The cable WAS RCD protected.
Wondering if there is such a thing as an AFDD master fuse or switch? What's the maximum AMPerage of these things?
Cheers
Spynage
Job I did this morning.
SWA supply for outbuilding had sliced basic insulation at the gland due to poor wire stripping. Another outgoing SWA feed for an external GYM was actually back feeding water into the consumer unit as it was uphill and had some head pressure of about 4 metres on the cable. The gym had a rotary switch with some plastic 20mm conduit directly above the SWA coming in so the SWA was simply funnelling water downhill into the main outbuilding C/U!
Anyway water dripped directly onto sliced conductors where it arced and roasted the insulation. Main 80a fuse didn't blow
though.
Ah. Also. The armour wasn't terminated at the metal consumer unit. It had been terminated outside and the earth bought in with a separate fly lead. The Gland for the 2 SWA conductors was plastic so no earth fault occured at the gland when the water caused the arcing. The cable WAS RCD protected.
Wondering if there is such a thing as an AFDD master fuse or switch? What's the maximum AMPerage of these things?
Cheers
Spynage
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