I have encountered the same issues using the same test equipment and project EVCE.
when I was calling for charge, nothing seems to happen, then after what felt like about 10 minutes, I heard a clunk when the relay/contactor kicked in and I finally had an energised phase indicator led on the...
If you fall out with the miss’s and are crashing in the shed one night and your RCBO trips right in the middle of a good movie, you will have to trail back to the house in the dark to reset the RCBO. Better design required, ideally with your RCBO at the shed end.
If I am reading and interpreting it correctly, RTC RICH is saying that the competent person scheme providers are discriminating against Domestic Installers and he wants to fight them.
I had already tested the cable all the way through to the cooker connection unit, by joining the two cut ends of each conductor, so circuit was tested at 500v all the way to the circuit extremity. I will just do another I/R test at 250v now that the cooker control unit is connected and make a...
Maybe I am interpreting 643.3.3 wrongly. I have carried out my 500v test on the circuit cable only, before I connected a cooker control unit with integrated neon to it. I won’t repeat the reg, word for word, but, It then goes on to say that following connection of equipment, a test at 250v shall...
Following the connection of current using equipment and electronic devices a second insulation resistance test must be carried out. Set the insulation resistance tester to 250V and carry out the test between all live conductors connected together and earth. The insulation resistance value should...
I have installed a circuit for an oven and carried out all of the relevant testing so far. Apart from a neon on the double pole isolation switch, there is no current using equipment connected to the circuit yet as the property is empty. In this situation, would one just make a note on the...
You don’t want a live cable in the wall, even if it is terminated correctly. It ideally wants disconnected at its source. If there is nothing to indicate that there is a live cable in the wall, it could pose a danger to anyone in the future who may drill into the wall for some reason. You know...
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