I want to check the rules when doing an EICR for MCB size for ovens. My mate says i should fail an installation because there is a 40 amp MCB on an oven rather than a 32 amp. Is he right?
Simple job, swap an MCB to an RCBO on a lighting circuit. It's got me totally stumped!
IR test L+N -> E is fine on the circuit. So is Zs. All 2-way switches operated.
Instant trip when changed to RCBO though, and tried two RCBO's
Ramp tested them both, all good. All tests pass on them with no...
We have a Electrical PLC Control Panel that has to supply 45 Fused Spur units, do I need to protect these with an RCD, we have a 10A Type D MCB at the moment.
Each Fused spur controls an electronic Volume/Pressure controller which is rated at 130mA.
Hi all, looking for some input from you guys. Had a call out a few days ago where someone has has a shock from brass light switch in a domestic property. When i got there, a decorator told me that he had the switch loose from the wall to strip the wall paper. He's used a steamer, so it points to...
Im looking to put a supply out in a mancave, the earthing arrangement is tns. At the supply there is iscos installed so I was going to take a supply out of the iscos into a 40 amp DP MCB and run a 6mm T+E surface piped along an outside wall. I will be installing a 40A 30mA RCD in the mancave. My...
Hello guys, completely forgot to remove the board cover to check what type of rcbo was required for this particular Crabtree board. Anyone from experience know which type RCBO fits?
thanks in advance!!
hi all. A friend asked if i would look at his kitchen sockets as they would trip just the mcb now and then. i said ill look but thats it as he had a electrician install 3 spurs and add 1 socket on a radial circuit 16amp mcb and looks like 6mm t&e from mb for the circuit and looks like the combi...
Hi folks, I’m looking for some advice on a minor problem my parents have with their kitchen lights. They have 2 light fittings in the kitchen each carrying 4 spots and on occasion when one of the bulbs go the circuit breaker trips - there are no RCDs. It only happens in the kitchen (the...
Just been to another one of those !!
Plumber replaces shower for upgraded version. 40A mcb replaces 32A. No problem mate !! that will work fine.
So 12 months later the owners girlfriend moves in with him.
So that poor old 6mm that was just starting to break a sweat for 12 months, suddenly...
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Had my downstairs ring final circuit trip the B32 MCB today. The missus was in the kitchen cooking and had apparently put the kettle on and as it was close to boiling the MCB tripped.
I therefore assumed it would be due to the kettle so I checked the 13A fuse in the kettle plug but it...
I’ve a fuseboard as pictured, which has been nuisance tripping on the downstairs ring final circuit. It started off with 32a breaker tripping which is RCD protected, and now it’s tripping the Main RCD switch.
This is a relative's property and he’s already had an electrician in, who’s ran a...
Hi..I should probably know this but don't do too much 3 Phase stuff!!
Can anyone give the formula for working out the size of a 3 phase MCB?
I have a 12kw 3 Phase fryer to install.
Cheers
Evening all. My neighbour just got me out the shower as he has no lighting. He's got an old wylex consumer unit with retro fit MCB, the one with the red button to trip.
Anyway after removing the cover found nothing between L-N and L-CPC out going on both lighting circuits, but power on the...
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I am new on this website and first want to say hello to everyone. We moved to a house with old night storage heaters. We had to replace one in our bedroom this winter. The new electric radiator is 1,1kw with a plug. Night storage were hard wired 2,5mm cable with 16a mcb on night economy 7...
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In my kitchen, I make multiple sockets that are controlled by one MCB. For some weeks, I don't know why the MCB used to trip and I used to turn it back ON. One day the MCB didn't go to the off position but all those sockets stopped working.
I pressed the test button on the particular MCB...
Hi, recently carried out an eicr at a rented property. There were 5x 1mm in a 6amp mcb for lighting.. my question is what code should I be looking at for this??
I am sure I have heard someone mention or read somewhere about overpopulating an mcb should be a code 2... but then i have also heard...
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