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I am currently planning on designing an installation for a conservatory to be fitted with lights, floor sockets, and underfloor heating. My plan was to take a 6mm T+E from the Hager consumer unit under the stairs, protected at 32A, which would then run above the ceiling of the room...
Yes I tested the cable before it was even connected to the terminals in the CU. I have just retested the circuit again and have now got 67 meg. Using a Fluke 1662 MFT. Not too worried just originally 26 didn't quite satisfy me as high enough for a brand new circuit. Thanks.
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Just installed a brand new radial circuit for the upstairs sockets with Prysmian 2.5mm T+E, around 21 metres in length. When testing the insulation resistance of the circuit upon connection to the consumer unit, I seem to repeatedly get around 49 Megohms when measuring Neutral to Earth...
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I am using a Fluke 1662 with fused test leads. I find when doing continuity tests such as R1+R2, as the test button is being held the result fluctuates dramatically. Both increasing and decreasing. Seems to happen on insulation resistance as well however not so much. I also find after...
I also thought it was unlikely, but not impossible. It's just the thought of it potentially going off for a long period of time before the residents return which would be annoying the neighbours that made me question installing it.
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I have been asked advice on installing a smoke detector inside a small wooden shed at the bottom of a garden, which is currently used for spray tanning. I have said that a smoke detector will be of no use as the mist from the machine will constantly sound the alarm. I thought I could fit an...
They're double pole. The circuit was installed in around 1996 and I was told there has been no testing ever done on the circuit, even when it was installed. Someone said they were getting a small tingle when touching the socket. First thing I did was plug in this socket tester and received these...
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Never seen this before. I am getting a red LED appearing on my socket tester without the socket being switched on, and then a 'No earth' from one socket tester but 'Live Neutral reverse' from another socket tester. I am also getting the following voltages at one of the sockets:
Line to...
Yes the sockets are wired with SWA so the cable and accessories are surface mounted. I had already thought of labelling each socket so it can be seen that those sockets are for the appliances that it is labelled for only. Thanks
Yes it's almost brand new. The consumer unit has a RCD protected side so I was going to put this circuit onto the non-RCD protected side so the food in the fridge freezer isn't lost if the RCD trips. What i'm not sure about is whether to put this circuit on a RCBO or a MCB with a RCD socket for...
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There is a 'utility' circuit in an outbuilding which feeds three 1 gang sockets in turn, one for a fridge freezer, one for a tumble dryer and the last one for a washing machine. What I am wondering is whether to put the circuit on a 20A RCBO and then use switched 1 gang sockets, or use a...
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