I think the assumption is the 20A breaker will provide short circuit protection and the load by design will not overload beyond 16A. As regard meters try sometthing like P01330740 | Chauvin Arnoux Energy Memo 1 Phase LCD Digital Power Meter with Pulse Output, Type | RS Components -...
That is a 500W supply that MUST BE ENCLOSED it has exposed screw terminals. 500W is also very bright for LED!! It would be like inside a lighthouse, 25W LED would be more reasonable design load, but still overkill.
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I am trying to identify this cabinet, it has the trademark of BI Callendar's on the front and the lock on the door looks very 1950s. I have called out SSE and they say the wireing is dead and they think it belongs to BT. I am thiking more like old tramway or street lighting controls. Who...
In this case the substation is in the middle of a urban area and is a brick block house, just wear some high viz and nip inside..
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I did hear of one HV sub station incident, the theives had triggered the fault thrower as they were also cutting up the earth mat....
There has been a stolen neutral incident in West London on Thursday morning, someone stole the neutral link from the substation and then it was quite spectacular inside 300+ properties and a Petrol Filling Station! At the start of the emergency the fire service had 8 fire engines and their...
The site has been subject to severe subsidance which may have damaged an earth mat, either way as it is the transformer that feeds a large school and some of the kids need hoists and so on, the impact of a earth fault could be very nasty...
An interesting sign has appeared on a local DNO distribution transformer, earths missing from Transformer and HV switch. Is this what is meant by a hot site?
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