Static Caravan

[new_spark]

Morning all

Bit of advice needed on a very large modern static caravan/mobile home a customer has bought to be sited on his land (Farm) that he intends to move his son into.
The supply will come from a modern TPN Wylex board, it will have its own TT installation, the caravan is all
electric including the central heating system. The main board in the van is protected by a 63A 30mA RCD.
I intend to run the supply in 16mm SWA XPLE it will be clipped direct through large barn with the final 3 meters being buried. Total run is 55 meters.
Main question is what to use to protect the cable at the main board does it need to be RCD/RCBO or will a standard type B MCB suffice? If using RCD/RCBO would it need to be 100mA?

Thanks

 

[Engineer54]

If you want to protect your supply cable through this barn etc, then you'll need to provide a 100/300mA S type RCD, or someone will be needing to run 55 metres to reset the upstream RCD device every time there is a fault!! lol!!

Nothing stopping you using a DP MCB, but personally, on farm TT installations i prefer to lean on the side of more is always better!! lol!!

 

[Guitarist]

Morning all

Bit of advice needed on a very large modern static caravan/mobile home a customer has bought to be sited on his land (Farm) that he intends to move his son into.
The supply will come from a modern TPN Wylex board, it will have its own TT installation, the caravan is all
electric including the central heating system. The main board in the van is protected by a 63A 30mA RCD.
I intend to run the supply in 16mm SWA XPLE it will be clipped direct through large barn with the final 3 meters being buried. Total run is 55 meters.
Main question is what to use to protect the cable at the main board does it need to be RCD/RCBO or will a standard type B MCB suffice? If using RCD/RCBO would it need to be 100mA?

Thanks

Don't they always say that?

 

[new_spark]

And your point is???

 

[markc123]

What you have to remember, is that static caravans (leisure accomodation vehicles) aren't classed in the special locations. It says in the regs that you treat it as a normal installation - like feeding a submain to a garage ect..

As E54 said, a mcb will surfice.

 

[new_spark]

Great thanks got the replies.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

go for decent rods n all....5/8" jobs....not crappy little twigs...

 

[RobinArnold]

go for decent rods n all....5/8" jobs....not crappy little twigs...

Seconded!

 

[Engineer54]

go for decent rods n all....5/8" jobs....not crappy little twigs...

Think that should go without saying, Anyone that uses those thin short twigs really doesn't have a clue what he's doing!! lol!!