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  1. T

    What IP rating is this?

    Hi guys, Thought id share a recent eicr find with you. An outside board controlling lamposts/flood lights, and yes the door is shut as fully as it will. Copper is meant to be this colour right? Who needs blanks? Who needs armoured glands anyway? The cable hanging down is live Tim
  2. J

    MCB short circuit capacity

    6 amp BS EN 60898 .....6ka being the maximum fault current the device can handle, although the device may no longer work after that. The 3 underneath this being the fault current (ka) the device can handle without damaging it and then being able to be reset. I have been told 2 different...
    • jamesBoater
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    • being capacity circuit current device fault mcb rating short short circuit
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. M

    Awkward sign-lighting job

    Hi, I've been asked to install an outside light to illuminate a sign for a small business. Problem is that the shop is 3 floors up and I can't easily get above the sign to light it from above. It can be reached from the side, and I'm currently looking for an outside light that could shine...
    • mot
    • Thread
    • electrical work install job lighting rating
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. K

    RCD tripping at half the rating ?

    Hello, i was doing an RCD test yesterday on half its rating, and the rcd kept tripping everytime, does this mean the RCD is faulty?
    • Kev2632
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    • anything faulty mcb's rating rcd rcd tripping switched tripping
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. W

    EPC Rating Timing

    Hi Everyone, First post!!! Having my install in the next few weeks but Father in law also interested however his property significantly older (1960's Semi, solid walls, little to no loft insulation). Long story short we reckon he could be an E rating now and a D once he has Solar PV so does...
  6. kingeri

    Reinstating IP rating of CU

    Been working through the night on a rush job, just nicely getting to looking at the CU. It needs moving about a meter to the side. At the moment, the cables enter it from above, and all the knockouts have been removed on the top of it. This has obviously destroyed the IP rating of it. When I...
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