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New sub board for shed swa advice.

Fingers crossed for you Dave.
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- Post #271
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Thank you for a deeper insight in to how wrecked the system really is in this country. The ‘minimalistic’ approach taken.
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- Post #270
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

They can refuse to provide an earth connection. ESQCR section 8 first paragraph. But it’s okay for you to use their earth?! It’s not a bad thing because when their neutral goes and someone dies they just go ‘he didn’t have permission from us’!!! I can show you a whole estate that was section...
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- Post #268
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Yep totally acceptable. Let me guess hdpe pipe? Metal shed extend it. Use the armour as the cpc....oh no you have to use armour glands ahh a 4 core SWA? Baring in mind that’ll cost more than an earth rod honest to god comedy gold. #E5
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- Post #266
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Read up ^^^ Mr IET forum member.
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- Post #262
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

With designers getting permission to run submains you can p*** in the wind all day long.......because they have a defence. It’s a phone call and an email we do it all the time, it takes 15mins. And yes they do say no a fair bit.
- bigbob1
- Post #261
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

You shouldn’t export a DNO earth without their consent. What you do is provide your own! That’s called TT and doing the RIGHT thing. Get over yourself.
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- Post #250
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Legal minefield when you kill someone or burn a shed down. Yes!
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- Post #249
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

‘Respect for life, law, the environment and public good’ If you CRA something and come to the conclusion it’s okay to do. Then you have no respect for life or law. You take the worst case scenario and you put processes in place to try and counteract it. You don’t save £5 and hope it’s not you...
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- Post #248
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

#E5
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- Post #213
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Because you lot only read BS7671 and have no understanding of the massive list of ‘other’ ACOP’s...... which shall consist of an independent earth electrode and RCD protection. The TT earthing system shall be segregated by a minimum of 2m from any PME earthing system. The supply and...
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- Post #212
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Or you’d be bonding your outside tap........
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- Post #202
- Jul 21, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

Equipotential zone stops 1.5m past the footprint of the property the head is in.. ‘Touch’ distance.....still don’t get it, which is sad really.
- bigbob1
- Post #201
- Jul 21, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

I have read it. Section 6 enjoy.
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- Post #199
- Jul 21, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum
New sub board for shed swa advice.

ER G12 section 6. Enjoy. £82 osg and bs7671 Maybe a stress reliever/squeeze book thing if I ask?!
- bigbob1
- Post #184
- Jul 21, 2018
- Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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