So the same as being self employed.... when you've got your own van, expenses, holiday, sick pay, evenings..... somethings not quite adding up here....🤨
Thankyou for your detailed response.
I'm thinking I may have bitten of more than I can chew here.
Option A, create a neutral earth link in the plug inlet on the house. There's no additional protection on the outlets of the generator but that is the case anyway?
If the cable from the inlet to...
Thank you, an excellent summary and speedy as well!
If you were to create the link in the male outlet (the means of connecting genny to house) that would only become part of the house installation when the changeover switch was operated, so would that be thought of as part of the installation...
Hi,
I've been asked to look at installing a generator changeover switch at a property, so that they have some level of backup in the event of power cuts.
Having started to read up on this i'm beginning to think that i dont have the knowledge or experience to do this work.
I don't have a great...
Hi,
I've been asked to look at installing a generator changeover switch at a property, so that they have some level of backup in the event of power cuts.
I dont have a great deal.of experience with generators.
The generator they are looking at is 3500w, with a 16a outlet and a "floating...
We 're all continuously becoming more experienced. The op has just added this experienced to his collection, and so might others after reading about it.
I think it's a useful tool to help you think through the inspection and prompt you as to things to look for and consider. My point was to get thoughts on the suggestion that pretty much all type AC rcds you come across are a C2, or how do we go about making a judgement as to whether there are...
Hi all. What are your thoughts on coding type AC RCDs when doing EICR's?
I understand the issue on DC currents preventing RCd's from functioning correctly.
The Am2 version of code breakers suggests a C2 coding for: "....type AC RCD and has pulsating DC currents from connected equipment such as...
Fair enough, I'm good ta. No problem asking for help on something, def worth having a look through the regs book and seeing what you can come up with. If you figure out the what why and how then its an extra skill for next time and you won't have to think about offering someone else money to do...
I dread to think what the wiring in the 14 houses would look.like if this is such a tricky concept for him to get his head round....
You don't want to see section numbers?!! So what your actually saying is you can't be bothered to educate yourself on this, you just want someone else to do the...
Pressing the test button and checking its function is a requirement, there's a box to tick on the schedule of test results for that very purpose sonits good you "always do it, just to check".
Did you manage to do any other testing before your tester packed up or was it a case of switching on...
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