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    Upgrades to fuse board supply

    I thought you needed a 16mm earth with 16mm supply? Or have i missed something?
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    Upgrades to fuse board supply

    Id love to just leave as is but dont think thats an option. I get the impression the customer thinks im at it when i approched the subject. I think at the very least im going to have to get a 16mm earth to the board from the cut out so if im going to that effort im as well trying to replace the...
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    Upgrades to fuse board supply

    No theres no fused switch in place already. Installation is untouched since it went in 40 years ago by look of things
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    Upgrades to fuse board supply

    Alright folks. Just wantin to run something by you all. Have been in a property to wire a bathroom and do a fuse board upgrade. The existing fuse board is in a cupboard upstairs, connected to the cut out outside by a 16mm twin and earth and seperate 10mm cpc, approximately 12 metres of cable...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Pic of pump in situ
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    Earth fault on water pump

    The pump is not really in contact with anything. The pipework is all flexible hose and its attached to the metal housing with rubber washers on a plastic base. The earth lead is the only thing connecting the pump with the rest of the metal work. Im going to keep hunting though to get to the...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Traced it back to a short between live and the motor casing in the generator. Disconnected motor to test it but couldnt find anything. Have since reconnected motor and fault has now cleared. No idea how and still none the wiser to the fault path it was taking to affect the pump etc. Thank you...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    But what your saying makes sense there must be something reversed somewhere. Ive visually inspected all connections and everything appears to be connected correctly but havent put the meter on. Will try that now
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    Earth fault on water pump

    There is a bond from MET in board to metal frame work
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Should also add when i disconnect the generator from the DB then everything tests out fine so i thought must be in the generator so I tried running a temp cable from the dist board to an alternative supply but then the short between live and earth comes back even with generator isolated
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Its a bit of a crazy setup but I'll explain it best i can. The 16A fuse is in line on the live to a 3kw instant hot water handwash. The pump is fed from the solanoid valve on the handwash unit. The handwash is activated by a sensor which then sends power to the pump via the solanoid valve. The...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Right heres where we stand now. The neutral earth link is at the rcd fitted to the on board generator. I have IR tested right back to it and discovered that when i disconnect the link the fault clears. Im not overly clued up on generators my co-worker normally does that side but unfortunately...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Im struggling with that as well because when the fly lead is not connected everything works fine (except for the fact im getting a voltage on the lead ) but as soon as you connect to that stud, or any earth i imagine, it blows the inline fuse and trips rcd. Even when pump live and neutral are...
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    Earth fault on water pump

    Morning guys, firstly thank you for all the help, appreciate it. Quick update this morning. Have done an IR test on the pump and thats all clear. When i do an IR test between the earth stud on the metal work and the live feed from the DB to the hand wash im getting a reading of about 0.70 so...

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