Done a job today. new high integrity CU. All wiring test out spot on as new and well within spec for everything.
Changed CU, lovely. Started plugging appliances back in. Fridge trips RCD ,Freezer trips RCD, washing machine trips RCD, everything else fine. Told householder he needs new...
Hi guys, last week my neighbour asked me to look at their consumer unit as it had tripped 4 times in one day.
The side that tripped had on it:
Kitchen Sockets (1xMicrowave, 1xFridge, 1xFreezer, 1xKettle & 1xWashing Machine)
Hob
Upstairs Lighting
I tested the RCD and it tripped in 26ms and a...
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This seems to be a grey area in the industry, the code says fixed appliances should be PAT tested but alot of the common PAT testing equipment cannot handle this sort of test.
I've come across different answers:
1. don't pat test fixed equipment
2. only do a visual + earth bond with a multimeter...
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Any one use these ? have been asked to avoid using sfs's as they are ugly !
It will need to isolate 2 under counter fridges, washing machine about 2.5M away and extractor fan
4M away.
Question is: is this ok as part of kitchen ring in 2.5 t&e or should it be a 4mm radial ?
I would run them...
Hi, EF, My first post here.
Re : CCTV Installation.
When connected the output cable to TV Video from DVD recorder it trips the RCD on consumer unit.
I isolated the socket suppying the CCTV/DVD recorder and without RCD protection, and it did NOT trip the RCD, what could it be...
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Hi all was Pat testing my mates workshop ,he mainly does petrol lawn mowers,chain saws,quads etc, and they have just started selling electric lawn mowers and chippers and we got talking about servicing and repairing the electrical ones.
Now he says that they will get complete plug,flex,on/off...
I have had a call out to investigate an RCD tripping. Initially this was thought to be caused by a leak from the shower. The installation has been installed poorly with a multitude of junction boxes under the floor (i counted 15 within 2 metres of the fuseboard). I located the problem...
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Hi guys,
Before I ask my question, i'd like to refer you to this information I found:
My questions:
I work for a residential home and will now be doing our PAT testing in-house following our yearly review.
Should I be omitting the earth-bond test?
Im using a PB500 unit. For the Class...
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Hopefully an easy query.
Having great problems isolating RCD tripping. Happens only occasionally, say once a week. If I put fridge and electric water heater on their own plug in RCD plug would that plug trip first (if the appliance was faulty) or would the fusebox RCD, or would they trip...
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hello everyone,
im new to the electrical world and would like to pick up as much helpful hints and tips as i can.
like calculating the correct fuse size to put in a plug for different appliances. i know you should check the user manual but in some cases this is not posable. any hints and...
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I'd like to import appliances like icemakers & soft drink dispensers into Japan from USA. However, I'm worried about whether they'll work efficiently. Japan has 100 volt, whilst USA is 110 volts. Do you think this would be a problem? Is there a workaround (I'd prefer not to use a transformer)...
Hello all, can any of you tell me wether I am correct in saying that fixed appliances, ie, ovens, hobs must be supplied with a suitable flexible cable like a h07 rather than say T+E.
I thought I had read this somewhere in the big book but cant find it. Also my understandin is that as T+E has...
I have been asked if a tumble dryer and a washing machine can be put in a shower room. I replied with "No" because the 2m x 1.8m and a 1200mm x 760mm shower tray. I have however come across immersion tanks and isolators in airing cupboards in bathrooms and believe these to be ok if the door...
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Hi everyone, I was with Chief Big Spark at work doing some periodic inspection and testing on units. Chief was doing the testing, I was giving him emotional support cos were using his meter and he doesn't like others looking at it or tocuhing it. Very possessive, poor thing. He says he has...
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Evening all.
I am having a brain fart regarding isolator switches to fixed kitchen appliances - mainly because I've never seen one :o (and the wholesalers are shut now). I'd be :D if someone could explain how they are wired to an unswitched socket.
Also for the following scenario would I need...
A few of us had a ciscussion tonight as to why there isnt an earth in the cable of say a hair dryer, obviously it is double insulated but would the earth core in the cable not be able to be conected at the plug and therefore earth the cable if it got damaged?
oposite thoughts of it, it you run...
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