Trying to get my head around pv system commissioning sheets ready for future mcs assessment. How do i work out my array parameters Voc (stc) and Isc (stc). How do i find out the dc rating (V) of the protective device and also can anyone explain how string test method annex -2 Voc, Isc,Sun is...
GSD77
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module
protective
rating
sheets
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hi all i am a recently qualified domestic electrician and was tought that any work out doors was notifiable. just phoned building control about installing some garden lighting and was told that i didnt need to let them know,does this rule vary from city to city or is the person on the other end...
BARRAKAS NAKKAS
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Got a call from a friend who's just changed his old c/u for a new one. He said everything seemed fine when he swithched it all on until he plugged his socket tester in and it said he had a neutral fault. He said the neutral bar was live until he took the two neutrals from the ring out of the...
davemc
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aus
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don't
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hi ,
got a really big problem,been trying to find a fault for week nw.The problem is though,when i wnted to see if it was a main neutral incoming causing the problem i turned off main switch disconnected neutral and switched mains on without nuetral but the whole installation still worked...
ross0909
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aus
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fuse
installation
neutral
problem
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Looking to fit a twin socket and florrie in my shed, would it be ok to just fit a socket and s/f spur next to it for the florrie, or have i got to fit a sub board (2 way jobbie), all advice greatly appreciated, i think the sub board, but is it Realy needed???:confused::confused:
mickytuff
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aus
board
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needed
socket
I am looking to start training in September to be a Spark and have looked at a few colleges
One college offers the 2330 level 2 i believe over 2 years, 2 evenings a week
The other college offers a course called Building Services Studies - Electricial Installations
Course summary - This one...
chrisjh
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Why is there a mark stamped into the former on some conduit benders. Is it to line up the mid point of a crank set so the length of the conduit doesn't become to short when the set is pulled.
Seen a video on doing crank sets, and the guy marks 50mm from the edge of the former and make a mark...
As a training electrician i yesterday came across, for the first time, the 3 plate wiring method wired into a switch. I was slightly confused on how to terminate this? There were 3 twin and earths present (feed in, feed out and what i assume is a switch line and neutral?) and a 3 core seeing as...
onamission
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electricians' talk
light
neutral
never
plate
switch
wiring
Hey guys and girls. this is my first post as I'm a newbie (yay), I wish to become an electrician doing electrics in peoples house businesses etc but searching on google has turned up so many things and so many courses but nothing is so straight forward as to what qualification I need exactly...
peehead
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confused
courses
different
electric
electrical
electrician
electricians' talk
fuse
ok, without visiting the premisies and without testing the actual voltage, what is the score with this specific shower.
existing set-up
6mm T&E
40A mcb with rcd protection
old shower was 8.7kw load / 9.5 kw supply voltage??? so instructions read!
new shower, still in box
instructions...
ukpablo
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correct
electricians' talk
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rating
shower
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volts
Hi
Just a random question, I received my JIB installation electricians card in march 2008 and for some reason its says I have I.E.E Wiring Regulations 17th edition in the qualifications bit............ I finished my college exams and Am2 about 6 months before this? Am I supposed to have...
Hello All.
Not been on here for a while, hoping you guys can help me with this one.
We installed 185mm single copper core aluminium armoureds (2*185mm per line conductor each run 170m) to an MCC feeder. The intend was to use the aluminium armourings as the main CPC.
My question is, how can i...
:confused:I am trying to complete an installation form but am unable to find a out the Main Switch reference for the board in situ - it is a very old 4 way Wylex board. any clues???:confused:
When doing PIR`s is it only continuity of final ring that you can find R1+R2???
If so how do you measure R2 for the report??? Im not quite sure!!! Im trying to make sense of it??? I know ZS is ZE+r1+r2 can anyone make sense of this for me!!!
Hey yall!
I've been asked to look at a job where there's a new building going up. As part of the build the other contractors are installing all the electrics and other services within the building, but leaving the actual hooking up to external contractors (which is why I've been asked to...
Hi Guys,
My friend had a report done by a niceic sparky a couple of weeks ago and he noted that the installation was very poor. He did all the usual checks and claimed that the ring mains had too many sockets on it? I take it by this he mean't spurs of the ring which can be sorted, however I...
I recently was testing a flat and found that the 6mm Mains earth to water was not accessable but the valve for incoming is so may be able to test from board to incoming for a result but do Elecsa officials want to actually c the bonding position as its one of the assessments for elecsa??I...
ldworks
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bonding
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elecsa
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mains
water
Can anyone please help, I have landline & broadband through, (no)talk(no)talk, had no service for 5 days now :mad::mad:, eventually engineer calls me to say check master, sure enough, dial tone when I disconnect bottom section of master, go to wholesalers, new master (single part plate)...
landytom
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aus
confused
electricians' talk
master
nothing
phone
please
telephone
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