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    farm outbuildings db's

    ive got to design and install supply to about seven sheds on a farm 3 of them going straight back to meter position on the edge of a field in a brick constructed hut made for purpose for the new supply, the supply is tp&n i do no that the power and lighting accessories have to be ip44 rated but...
  2. W

    Farm Installation help

    Hi all Went to look at a job today on a farm , 3 phase board with 75mm supply on a 100 amp 100 ma rcd mainswitch, with a submains out to the house , which is also protected by another 100 ma rcd, problem is every time theirs a trip in the house it trips at the main distribution board also which...
    • Welshsparky
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    • delay discrimination farm help installation supply
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. T

    Solar Farm

    Hi All, I have an invester looking to fund large scale installs up to 10MW. Sites must have planning permission and be within the south west of england if anyone knows of anything please let me no. Many thanks
  4. R

    2 x 4kW strings on farm.

    Both inverters gonna be fitted in an open barn (fronius ig plus) One is going to a holiday cottage (58m overhead run) and the other to the house (55m overhead run). I`m thinking 4mm cable for each due to voltage drop. Cause its a farm and open barn what ya think on the height of the...
  5. P

    FARM INSTALLATION- First Time

    I'm doing my first farm building installation and would like to get it right. The Main Barn has a 3ph 100A TN-C-S supply to a 3ph Meter. I'm ripping out the the rodent eaten ancient switchfuses, domestic consumer units etc and starting again. My plan is to feed a new local 3ph board. From...
  6. W

    Putting right a rented house that was used as a cannabis farm

    Hmmm. Had a look at a job today, just need a bit of advice on something... Split load Wylex CU, all original circuits have been moved to the RCD side to make way for the rogue ones on the non-RCD side. There are problems with very poor IR on the lighting and a scrape-able pass on the ring...
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    Generator on Farm

    Hi Had a phone call to go and look at moving a 44kva 3 phase generator on a farm. Im going to have to resupply it in swa. I havent done any work on a farm and i ve only ever installed temporary generators when the electricity board have decided not to turn up a day before a shop opens. I am...
  8. J

    Bonding on a farm

    Do you think these steel stantions require to be main bonded
  9. S

    Fused neutral on 3 phase farm property

    Hi folks, what began as changing some lights for a tenant in an outbuilding has become quite a nice project. The 3 phase origin and main panel is a mess and needs sorting. First concern is that the neutral appears to be fused. It may have had a solid link installed but can't determine. In...
  10. La Poste

    Dale farm residents on the move

    Villagers living near the UK's largest illegal travellers' site are considering staging a protest march if a planned eviction is delayed again. Residents in Crays Hill, near Basildon, say they may also withhold council tax unless travellers are evicted from illegal plots at Dale Farm soon...
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    Question on 50kWp on Farm and 4kW on Home at Same Address

    Hi I'm sure this has been asked before on this forum, but I'll be darned if I can find it. So pointers are appreciated. Basically, I potentially have a customer who wants a 50kW system on his farmland and a 4kW system on his house. They are the same address but different supplies/meters...
  12. P

    Solar Farm What?

    Hi all went to see a customer to quote. He says that he has a little project abroad wants solar farm for running hotel complex of 52 ensuites and amusement rides-any ideas. Said I would look into it where would I look?:innocent:
  13. S

    Asbestos Farm Roof

    Hi Everyone. Has any one ever installed a system on a Asbestos ?farm roof. If so, How did you do it and what are the health and safety rules? Many Thanks for your help Tom
  14. D

    Farm Wiring....

    New Area for me this... Basically i have fitted a 3P&N 100A Switch Isolator to a supply from NEDL next step is approximately 100m run in 35MM 4 core swa buried from Service position to a 3phase DB.. my intention is to then fit a secondary "local" isolation point with intergrated fuse links as...
    • DurhamSparky
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    • aus farm wiring
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia
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    switch heights on a farm

    I know according to approved document M of the Building regs that switches are to be installed at a maximum height of 1600mm, but do the building regs apply on a farm? it's a completely new build shed also I seem to remember something about part P only being applicable in a domestic dwelling, is...
    • ExArmy
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    • aus building farm height heights switch switches touch where
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
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    Solar Farm

    We're pretty rural and I've had several requests lately for field based solar farms. I understand in theory the following.... Enquire of DNO - Can we site a solar farm here? Contestible and no contestible costs Farmer will need planning - What does he need to submit with planning app, a...
  17. t01474

    Sub-main protection on farm / equestrian area

    Evenning everybody. I've been asked by a farmer friend to remove a CU inside a trailer and replace it with a waterproof one in an enclosure outside. The CU currently feeds three stable units via three seperate 4mm SWA radials. With regards to RCD protection what does anybody recommend? Ive been...
    • t01474
    • Thread
    • area aus farm protection sub-main
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia
  18. edexlab

    Farm earth? TT OR TNS

    Went to a farm this week to look at a possible job had a good look at the earthing arrangement , as I always thought that farms were always TT ( and I'm sure I've read a reg in the BRB stating all farms should be TT ) but this one is unlike any I've noticed before Has a Met with one earth...
  19. D

    Farm Buildings ( Barn)

    Hi hope this makes sense. Been asked to look at the electrics in a large Barn Complex. Three Metal constructed Barns joined to each other ( Used for Animals, storage etc). I know there is a section in BRB about this, but does not answer my question. Inclined to turn the job down as I do not...
  20. C

    Help sizing cable for Farm

    Evening all, After a long week I've been asked to size a cable for the following: 70kva 100amp, 3 phase supply, 4 core SWA, 160m long run, buried. Would a 50mm suffice?:confused: Secondly, for a CPC, i was thinking to run in a 25mm alongside the armoured. Would you agree with that?
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