Am curious about this comment.Just wondered if it was down to the unavailability of the correct busbar for double pole Hagar rcbo,s that required you to wire them individually.?
correct.It is,nt.
I think the issue may lie with the "Cat 5" label.That is as far away from tap water as you can get.
Bearing in mind that the resistivity of water drops considerably when pollutants are introduced to it ,that would be my first area for investigation.
Is it actually allowed to...
Confusing sums it up well.I looked up several sites and quite frankly you could make an arguement for either case.But the advantage of discussing "tap water" is that we all have easy access to it.I myself have taken my own IR tester to it on several occasions over the years and my readings were...
Are you sure those figures are "per meter"?.Some sites give similar resitivity readings (researchgate.net) "per centimeter".JW,s readings would naturally be a hundred times higher and add significantly to the overall resistance
His readings are from the "actual water".The copper ends that the...
No.Its a receiver.Its also the property of the DNO
Am equally uncertain but its also a part of the DNO,s property
Good decision.
On closer inspection I can see that the device to the right hand side of the fuseboard is actually a main switchfuse and not an rcd.
It now appears increasing...
Thats of interest.Traditionally Holland had a TT supply system.I,m not as up to date with European standards as I used to but that 2 mt earth rod would,nt suffice for the electrical installation you showed in the picture as its resistance would be too high to blow a fuse under fault...
You are looking at 3 circuits (not 6).Theyhad a fuse on the neutralas well.The white button on top is the circuit isolator
How were you able to establish the earth rod was 2 mts long?
Key point that.It means you could walk away from your TT installation and not appreciate that you are vulnerable to your TNCS neighbours issues.
An open PEN could result in the neighbouring houses current trying to get back to the DNO,s trafo via any available cpc in your house.
When replacement of metallic services with plastic really started to take off , it compelled the DNO,s to review their supply system type.At the time I hoped to cash in on this change by alerting homeowners in advance to the potential consequences for their installations and advise on what...
I find diagram 3 especially of interest.If I,m understanding it correctly ,by inserting a valve including "electrical insulation" in the metal service pipe, then no bonding required.This could be a get out of jail card in situations where running a main bond back to the D.B. could be...
I was afraid he had retired? Been missed.
Any disquite about Tel,s state of health can now be fully dismissed.I,m not sure what type of barometer the hospital staff used to gauge his recovery ,but readers on here always knew that when he once again would discuss with gusto the topic closest to...
No it would,nt.And you also can,t turn it in to one.The standard bonding used in a home to achieve an equipotential zone won,t work outside.
Even within the home its only truly achieveable where wooden floors and dry walls are present.Neither of these occur outside.
The best you can achieve, as...
No it would not. Why ? For the same reason that we don,t run a 10mm bonding conductor to an electric gate or any other metallic accesories that are usually in contact with "true earth".They are not extraneous because they do not introduce a potential into the home that they are supplied from...
You can establish neutralising with 2 steps....
1) visually confirm the link from the ESB,s cutout to the main Neutral in your D.B.
2)Test its effectiveness by conducting a continuity test between the main Neutral and the Main earth.It should read "0.00 ohms"
I,m working in Cork today.If...
Those readings are very peculiar.Even if the house was,nt neutralised (and it may not be),that still would,nt account for those readings.Have you tested at the D.B. and checked how the readings are there?
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