surge protection

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    UK Are surge protection devices fitted before or after the main switch

    Are surge protection devices fitted before or after the main switch
    • L1Jay1
    • Thread
    • after before devices fitted main main switch protection surge surge protection switch
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    18th edition surge protection

    Hi, School premisses officer here, wanting some advice. Each year we have to have a fixed wiring test on the 6 circuits 3 lighting, 3 power on our swimming pool area. Fed from a 3 phase board. I follow the regs a bit and have a keen interest Due to budgeting I wanted to know if when we get...
  3. Marvo

    Surge Protection in Low Voltage Electrical Installations

    Marvo submitted a new resource: Surge Protection in Low Voltage Electrical Installations - Risk assessment analysis for South Africa Read more about this resource...
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    Surge protection

    Morning all, Quoting for a garage supply and I’m needing too add an additional 1 way board too supply it. Due to space in existing board. Is surge protection required for such a job if I don’t undertake the risk assessment? Or only required for board change and rewires? Thanks in advance
  5. FatAlan

    Anyone aware of any surge protection earring it’s keep last night?

    As title, bearing in mind the thunder and lightening last night. :)
  6. spud1

    Surge Protection for off peak DB too?

    Hi guys, So I have a domestic scenario where off peak E7 storage heating is installed. Client has asked for a DB upgrade and has opted for surge protection. Currently they have separate ON and OFF peak Wylex fuse boards tailed individually from the origin, the meter is 2 metres away. If I...
  7. a-z electrics

    Surge Protection Devices for domestic - what do you think?

    Evening all, Just attended elex exeter and see there's a big push on these SPDs coming as standard now in domestic consumer units. Hager, Lewden and Contactum to name just 3. I have had at least 2 clients in the last few months whose appliances have been damaged by apparently surges on the...
  8. Andy-1960

    Surge Protection Devices

    Thought I’d do a bit of browsing on this subject and stumbled across this video from the grand old US of A by a guy who calls himself the ‘Surge Protector Guy’.. great I thought this could be informative... I watched and was left thinking ..Why?
  9. J

    Advice on surge protection

    I've got a fair bit of computer equipment at home which I need to protect as best I can. I use surge-protected extensions and these have been needed a couple of times. At least I think they have, the warning lights have come on, presumably because they've diverted a surge once too often. Is it...
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    3 phase surge protection

    Online aldo95EF Member Hi there. I’m looking for some help on how to wire up a SPD for a 3 phase machine. I’ve been told by the company that supplied the machine that the SPD must not be any further than 10 meters away from the machine. The SPD connections are—- L1 L2 L3 N at the top and...
  11. mattg4321

    Surge protection devices (SPD)

    Hi guys, hopefully someones going to be able to point me in the right direction here. We do a lot of work for a small retirement home locally that has recently decided to fit lightning protection. We've pretty much been strong armed into fitting SPD's on behalf of the lightning firm (LF). Being...
  12. Pete999

    Surge Protection Devices (SPDs)

    I used to fit these as a matter of course on my of the installations I did overseas, and understand that you can now get them to fit into a C/U if I'm not mistaken. Mrs Pete999 has been whinging about getting one fitted, now I want to fit one for whole house protection, not sure of what to get...
  13. J

    Need help regarding surge protection

    Hi there, I have recently had an issue where there was a power cut in the village we found out that a pylon had blown. When the power came back on it caused a surge around two properties that we own in the village causing the circuit boards on our boiler to blow and the till and boiler in our...
    • Jay_1985
    • Thread
    • need help protection regarding surge surge protection
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Surge Protection Device question

    I am busy doing some work with a local contractor to get some up to date hands on experience. whilst doing a EICR today i come across a CU with SPD in. The property is a recently built 5th floor flat about to be let on a new tenancy and meets the criteria for requiring a SPD. The whole set up is...
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    Furse Surge Protection

    GMES submitted a new resource: Furse surge protection - Installation diagrams for various earthing systems Read more about this resource...
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    Surge Protection Device

    Can anyone tell me if its a requirement to install a surge protection device to a sub Distribution Board if it serves external equipment ie a roof mounted extract fan even though a SPD is located on the Main Panel? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. yellowvanman

    PA Testing surge protection extension lead

    Try not to do PA Testing but had to do it today! Was doing the above today after a cottage got flooded. Lead didn't appear to be wet, but failed the insulation test @ 0.7Mohms, this was at a test voltage of 250V. Re-tried it with my installation tester at 100V and 50V and got the same...
  18. M

    surge protection

    morning all, i have been asked to provide surge protection for some electronic equipment in a commercial meat processing factory. all their electrical equipment is ip rated, and within enclosures, etc, so i was gonna install something in the roofspace above, and just run supply leads down to...
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    surge protection

    hi guys, is there no such device that is sold where you can wire your two mains tails into then out to the cu to offer surge protection..say you have a dodgy supply (i know very unlikely in UK) it will just trip out and protect your appliances from burning out from 280 or 300 volts in worst...
  20. O

    Lightning Surge Protection

    We recently had a lightning strike. The lightning conductor workedwell, as the fabric of our Church was unaffected, but it took out our interiorLighting Control System. We managed a temporary repair to get lights on,but it took us about 3 weeks to repair the system. I now am thinking of...
    • olempcm
    • Thread
    • lightning protection surge surge protection
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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