Hi all just a quick one may sound really stupid what is the name of the flexible meter tails inside a distribution board used to link busbar and main switch etc I need to purchase some in 6mm but can only find normal double insulated meter tails and was wondering what this cable is actually called?
I have been given a large commercial building to provide a quotation to install solar panels, the spec reads ‘install PV panels as required by the part L calculations to comply with the current building regulations’
I am not sure whether I need to carry out Co2 calcs to ascertain required PV...
Hi sparkys. Just wanted some feedback on a interview I attended recently for a sparks in the maintenance social housing sector.
After meeting the qualifying supervisor he left me to complete an elcr and schedule of inspections and tests etc as a test to see my competence in completing paperwork...
Hi all, Ive been asked to supply a 110V distribution board containing 1 x 40A and 2 x 32A DP circuit breakers. The company ordering the work has provided a new 12KVA CTE transformer.
Its been a while since I did anything like this so I just wanted some opinions on whether or not I am installing...
Hi all, Ive been asked to supply a 110V distribution board containing 1 x 40A and 2 x 32A DP circuit breakers. The company ordering the work has provided a new 12KVA CTE transformer.
Its been a while since I did anything like this so I just wanted some opinions on whether or not I am installing...
TN system.
Customer has 16A breaker from CU which supplies FCU to a boiler, but it also supplies a IP66 external box feeding SWA to garden shed DB.
Since the circuit from the 16A breaker doesn't supply ONLY the SWA to the shed DB, (it supplies also end equipment directly - ie the boiler) -...
Hi peeps.
I have to produce a distribution board schedule for this 2 bed house, has got fire alarm system, burgular alarm system and the normal ring radial shower circuits etc
This isnt a real job its for a assignment, stuck on this question
Can any one help??
Thanks x
Im registered MCS installing PV systems and have come across a client who would like to connect his 2kW standby generator to his distribution board to power the lights & freezer during a power outage. There are no other alternative supplies installed.
The only way I can see how it would be done...
I am planning to change my house's 20 years old DB to a new DB like in the website below:
http://www.electrolesk.com/Assets/db%203%20ph%20web1.jpg
However, I am planning to use Hager 63A 10kA 3 pole MCB (model is: NC363A) instead of MCCB at the incoming. In addition, I plan to add in Hager...
hello all first post here looking for some help, i have a farm workshop with 3 phase supply and 100 amp incomer in distribution board, i have now built a new workshop 70mtrs away and want to take the power across to it. i am thinking 25mm 4 core swa cable will be suitable underground (welders...
Hi all
I have come across a domestic incomming supply where the connector blocks and fuses are hanging off the wall. The earthing conductor termination as it happens is fixed to the wall. It is a TN-S 100A, with seperate housings for neutral and live. I vaguely recall have seen a few where the...
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Before I start, just to let you know, I'm a H&S professional , who went for an interview/assessment yesterday.
I pointed out a distribution boards, on a busy commercial property which was hidden behind machinery & equipment. I have always been told, by maintenance, that there is a...
HI,
I reaslise that this subject does cause some conflicting opinions but I would like to ask a question to some more experienced guys in this matter regarding the distribution around a Caravan Park.
At the park in question I have been asked to cost for upgrades and possible extensive...
Hello All,
So to be clear I'm not an electrician, I just like to know how how things work. I will run cables so it's all ready for my sparky to make the connections but I don't do any electrical work. Normally I'd ask my sparky if there is something I don't understand, but I can't on this...
Has anyone got a copy of G59-Recommendations for the Connection of Generating Plant to the Distribution Systems of Licensed Distribution Network Operators.” they could kindly forward on to me?
Would be very grateful.
Evening fellas
Im in the process of rewiring a 3 storey 9 bed house, im moving the CCU's which house the final circuits about 5m to a more better location, the two ccu's in question are both fed by 16mm twin with seperate 16mm earth, they are both off 63A mcb's housed in a 4way near the cut...
Hi guys just wanting to confirm I am right in my thinking when carrying out EICR on multiple distribution circuits within a three phase board it is my responsibility to carry out the report up til the clients db only. When dead testing I only have a limited timescale for every circuit to be off...
Hello chaps I wonder if you could help me, I am currently doing a l3 diploma in electrical engineering, one of my assignment questions says 'with reference to manufactures publications, illustrate the main types of industrial distribution boards in use' is this referring to RCD/MCB compared to...
Apologies if this question sounds a bit basic but am a little confused at the mo and quite new to the game. Here goes -
I am trying to complete a NICEIC Highway Installation Certificate for a system where there is a 230 v TT supply coming into a roadside pillar into the main BS88 fused head...
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