Wow!! Can anyone tell me what is going on with this old install?

[Spark2be]

This installation is under the stairs. The isolation switch on the left is for the lights of the property and the one on the right is for all ring mains. All the earthing wires from circuits seem to be wrapped around a screw in the top left of the unit, but there is no earthing connected to the incoming and there is a white wire wrapped around the pipe which runs in a panel of the stair case. I am not sure how old this installation is but earthing does not seem something that was considered.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I would carry out a Ze test to the sheath. I can guarantee that the sweated on lug will give a trouble free connection to the lead, beautiful bit of sweating. If it is a good Ze reading ie less than 0.8 ohms i would use it to commect your main earthing conductor to.

I agree, but he got warned off live testing on his previous thread, he's a youngster.

 

[Guitarist]

The fact that the OP hasn't heard of the terms "RFC" or "PME" suggests to me that at the moment he should stay away from electrical systems.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

what i cant understand is why i`m getting quoted for replying to a post about applying for PME in the first place.....i never said that i would have it PME`d....nor did i suggest that there wasn`t an adequate earthing arrangement here either.....

 

[Silly Sausage]

what i cant understand is why i`m getting quoted for replying to a post about applying for PME in the first place.....i never said that i would have it PME`d....nor did i suggest that there wasn`t an adequate earthing arrangement here either.....

I think you brought this on yourself with post No 21

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I think you brought this on yourself with post No 21

but i only quoted some other fellas post...anyway, i dont care....i can be nice.....but i can be a nasty B***ard n all....

 

[Silly Sausage]

Always quote the quote, should normally keep you out of trouble.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Always quote the quote, should normally keep you out of trouble.

Aye ... but only if you walk the walk & talk the talk as well

 

[Silly Sausage]

Aye ... but only if you walk the walk & talk the talk as well

A bit tricky when you walk (with beer) the walk (with beer) & talk (with beer) the talk (with beer)

 

[Des 56]

A bit tricky when you walk (with beer) the walk (with beer) & talk (with beer) the talk (with beer)

The "Beerwalker"

I seem to remember there was a film of that name

There again, , it could have been the Dearstalker,but maybe its the Beertalker in me

 

[Spark2be]

Trouble is learning all the acronyms. I always refer to ring finals RFC as ring main and PME as a TNS system. As I hear these terms more often I will instantly remember them. I will do after this thread anyway lol.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Trouble is learning all the acronyms. I always refer to ring finals RFC as ring main and PME as a TNS system. As I hear these terms more often I will instantly remember them. I will do after this thread anyway lol.

I think you're getting the hang of EF!

 

[Engineer54]

Trouble is learning all the acronyms. I always refer to ring finals RFC as ring main and PEas a TNS system. As I hear these terms more often I will instantly remember them. I will do after this thread anyway lol.

Errrr, PME is TNC-S, ...Not TN-S!! lol!! But i must admit, i often still call FRC's Ring Mains, which i picked up from working with my uncle when i was 13 or 14. Always been pulled up on it, but old habits and all that!! lol!!!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Trouble is learning all the acronyms. I always refer to ring finals RFC as ring main and PME as a TNS system. As I hear these terms more often I will instantly remember them. I will do after this thread anyway lol.

Aye ... they confuse me an' all bonny lad.

I'm thinking about starting a campaign against them. I think I'll call it "the Campaign for the Removal of the Abbreviated Phrase" .............. or C R A P for short.

 

[Knobhead]

According the international dictionary of acronyms RFC stands for BOTH Ring Final Circuit and Radial Final Circuit.

I know what I’d do with the acronym, scrap it!

 

[Knobhead]

As for C.R.A.P. Cold Rolled Annealed and Pickled, Change Risk Analysis and Prediction and of course Compulsive Risk Assessment Psychosis

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Spark2be, you could always take your photos and all info to college and check the knowledge of your tutor, are you in an apprenticeship, if so ask your boss what he thinks, first hand direct knowledge.