Hi,
been to job today to install a new bathroom light & fan in a HMO.
The 1st & 2nd floors are fed via a second db on the first floor - db2.
DB 2 is fed using 16mm twin, buried approx. 2m in wall, it is connected to the main tails next to db1 at the intake position, via Henley blocks, so single core insulation exposed (C2 as in kitchen cupboard used for plates etc). DB2 has 100A main switch and mcb's -no RCD protection. DB1 has a 63ARCCB Main switch.
Anyway not doing EICR yet, that is coming though.
My question is, when the EICR is completed it is going to fail due to the 16mm twin being protected by the 100 main fuse, so this will need rectifying, what would you do. Install an RCD unit which would mean a full test on DB2, or Is it ok to install a 2way enclosure with a 63A MCB, but would you still have to do a full test on DB2, or could you just test the sub main.
Not sure if it is acceptable to just protect the cable with an mcb, as I am not doing anyway work on the sub main.
The work I did in the bathroom is protected by a B6 60898, and I have installed an RCD FCU, to cover the light & fan!
Thanks!
been to job today to install a new bathroom light & fan in a HMO.
The 1st & 2nd floors are fed via a second db on the first floor - db2.
DB 2 is fed using 16mm twin, buried approx. 2m in wall, it is connected to the main tails next to db1 at the intake position, via Henley blocks, so single core insulation exposed (C2 as in kitchen cupboard used for plates etc). DB2 has 100A main switch and mcb's -no RCD protection. DB1 has a 63ARCCB Main switch.
Anyway not doing EICR yet, that is coming though.
My question is, when the EICR is completed it is going to fail due to the 16mm twin being protected by the 100 main fuse, so this will need rectifying, what would you do. Install an RCD unit which would mean a full test on DB2, or Is it ok to install a 2way enclosure with a 63A MCB, but would you still have to do a full test on DB2, or could you just test the sub main.
Not sure if it is acceptable to just protect the cable with an mcb, as I am not doing anyway work on the sub main.
The work I did in the bathroom is protected by a B6 60898, and I have installed an RCD FCU, to cover the light & fan!
Thanks!