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Hi Guys
AS some of you may know I am fairly new to the trade and passed my elecsa assesment a couple of months ago.
I am in the process of doing my first install of a shower ( for a friend ) and need some advice.
Firstly I had to run the cable from consumer unit to outside wall and used 20mm plastic conduit for a 20m run on 6mm cable all outside as their extension just didnt allow for it internally. The problem I have is when doing the conduit calc it only goes upto 10m, amd I doing something wrong? Is 20mm conduit OK for this installation at this length ( a bit late now I know ) .
Secondly the Crabtree Starbreaker Split level unit has an RCCB 100ma on the left which is a time delay one with 2 light circuits on it and a couple of spaces. Towards the right there is a 30ma with 6 circuits on it. My problem is I need to rcd protect the shower but there is no where to put it so I see my options as follows;
1. Fit RCBO - expensive but easy
2. Add the mcb to the 30ma RCD by moving the RCD but is this possible, my training was on a standard dual rcd board so this is totally new to me. It seems the buzz bar goes right through from the left RCD right through to the right, I assume they are split but not sure then how I would add the MCB.
Appologies for the questions they may seem simple to most of you guys but I do not have the privledge of working with anyone and learning as I go. I want to ensure safety and learn the correct way,
Thanks Guys
AS some of you may know I am fairly new to the trade and passed my elecsa assesment a couple of months ago.
I am in the process of doing my first install of a shower ( for a friend ) and need some advice.
Firstly I had to run the cable from consumer unit to outside wall and used 20mm plastic conduit for a 20m run on 6mm cable all outside as their extension just didnt allow for it internally. The problem I have is when doing the conduit calc it only goes upto 10m, amd I doing something wrong? Is 20mm conduit OK for this installation at this length ( a bit late now I know ) .
Secondly the Crabtree Starbreaker Split level unit has an RCCB 100ma on the left which is a time delay one with 2 light circuits on it and a couple of spaces. Towards the right there is a 30ma with 6 circuits on it. My problem is I need to rcd protect the shower but there is no where to put it so I see my options as follows;
1. Fit RCBO - expensive but easy
2. Add the mcb to the 30ma RCD by moving the RCD but is this possible, my training was on a standard dual rcd board so this is totally new to me. It seems the buzz bar goes right through from the left RCD right through to the right, I assume they are split but not sure then how I would add the MCB.
Appologies for the questions they may seem simple to most of you guys but I do not have the privledge of working with anyone and learning as I go. I want to ensure safety and learn the correct way,
Thanks Guys
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