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  1. S

    Consumer unit

    Hi, I have been living in my new house for about a year. I checked inside my consumer unit (fuse box) and took a photo. I am not sure if everything looks okay, especially the busbar. The circuit breakers seem a bit misaligned. Could someone with more electrical knowledge take a look and tell me...
  2. G

    For Sale Ottermill overhead Busbar tap off boxes

    I have a few 30 amp and 63 amp ottermill overhead Busbar tap off boxes for sale after a factory relocation, these are becoming hard to locate now, if you or your customers have this system in your industrial building, They all have good fuse carriers and bases.
  3. captdgf

    Help with knowledge of grounding system.

    Hello I'm a DIY'er seeking advice and clarity. I currently have no grounding system on my house. I do not have an outside main shutoff. My service meter is bolted to the outside of my basement then the service entry cable runs into my basement to my main panel. The panel is a square d homeline...
  4. M

    Electrak Busbar under floor

    Customer has a set up using Electrak 63A under floor busbar, fed in 10mm armoured and backed up with a 63A c type mcb. From this he has 32A unfused tap offs wired in 4mm in flexi conduit going to 16A rcd which then feeds 3.15A desk top supplies. Am I right in thinking the 4mm feed needs...
  5. J

    Best way of connecting to the live bus bar in Wylex CU

    I'm using a Wylex consumer unit to house some equipment to measure single phase heat pump performance. Part of the box is a conventional main switch and MCBs, but part of it is a din rail mounted RS485 linked three phase energy meter which is used to measure total energy, energy use by any...
  6. D

    One for the EV charger fitters , EV busbar

  7. C

    UK Ska busbar tapoff help

    Hi everyone Iam installing a 25A supply to a machine from a canalis busbar system the machine is Tpn and earth. I have a 5 way tapoff unit . Should I be using a four pole breaker so I issolate the neutral or should a 3pole breaker be fine. The busbar system is a ska 800amp system which governs...
  8. C

    Does reinstallation of busbar need professional sign off?

    I'm buying a house and have received the electrical testing certificate. There were two C1's and a C2 identified, all very easy fixes even for an amateur DIYer, the problem I have is that the electrics were condemned for this reason and so the busbar was removed from the consumer unit. This also...
  9. cliffed

    What cert for busbar chamber

    Just improved the mains set up @ local unit basically took out Henley blocks & reconnected into new smallest busbar unit. This supplies 5 TPN DB & usual tests @ those DB’s will be done for the sub main supplies only. Certification will be given for the above, will a Minor Works be ok.
  10. P

    Busbar

    Been looking for a decent negative busbar and I'm shocked at the prices so I've decided to make my own. We're able to to cut and bend the plated copper but need to know if the screws and washers for fixing needs to be plated or pre-treated? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
  11. Designmen90

    PE Busbar installation

    Hello guys, here I have one interesting picture from site. I saw one DB so I opened the door. What I see just confused me. The pictures are attached. If you take a closer look, you will see that this busbar is installed on few nuts. Is this allowed? Anyway, if there is situation where busbar...
  12. C

    Busbar connections

    Hello People Currently within a carpentry workshop the old main 200a 3 phase isolator needs replacing which currently supplies an equity as old main busbar chamber and in doing so i have to replace some old VIR main tails. (complete birds nest) I am not sure on the best way to connect my mains...
  13. A

    Testing bus bars

    Good morning everyone, Is testing bus bars part of fixed wiring test? if yes, how do we test them? for example, shall we check the connections on both sides? continuity test or torque test,..etc? ( in my project, it is running from LV panel to floor main DB)
  14. R

    Need to add neutral slots to my 125 amp panel to match ground slots.

    I have an Eaton 125 amp panel with a ground bus bar with 24 slots and 14 neutral slots. I have a 6 breaker Reliance 7500w transfer panel connected to it. The main panel has 4 unused breakers. I need to increase slots on my neutral side. Can I add an additional neutral busbar to the existing one?
  15. N

    Busbar ?

    any idea where busbar is on this square d Cu ?
  16. Designmen90

    Busbar connection

    I have a busbar, and I connected two cables (phase conductor, not neutral) with one bolt, like one from the picture attached. But, one buyer complains that such connection is not allowed. He says that it must be one bolt for one cable. What do you think about that? Is there any standard which...
  17. N

    busbar help

    Hi im looking for a busbar for a domestic le grand fuse board to allow another mcb to be added to the rcd side of the board . Can anybody point me in the right direction please ? Thanks alot
  18. LewisM

    Part Number of a busbar kit for a Square D Panel

    Hello, does anybody know of a part number of this type of busbar kit thing for a Square D Speed D Panel Board? Couldn't find any part numbers on the unit itself. Some Pictures
  19. Lister1987

    Wanted 6 way BG busbar & RCD

    Messing about with my test rig again, changed out the 10way BG board for a 6 way shell (old Wylex plastic unit). I know we don't mix and match brands but as I'm using this as a test rig I'm using what I have available - Obviously the Wylex unit has neutral and watching bars in different...
  20. M

    Classification of Busbar Trunking

    Hi all! I was having a bit of a to do with a colleague of mine regarding busbar trunking. We both agreed during our inspection that a busbar deserves it’s own test sheet as it is a method of distribution which each “tap off” denoting a separate circuit. However I argued that the ‘Zdb and...

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