DNO ripped out antique main incomer/breaker .The guy hated us and himself and everyone else by the end of the job ! . Client going to contact supplier and ask for new meter .Old consumer is beyond dangerous .So whole flat will be rewired etc .I just want to strap in a DP isolator and "garage...
I was called in a block of office saying they have a problem with the main incomer. During the night nit all nights randomly the main switch in the switch gear is tripping. At night the offices are closed only the survers are running. Has anyone encountered this problem? Or what test you suggest?
Never seen this before so bare with me. Client asked me to look at there setup as looking for work to upgrade consumer unit, and what I thought was fuse was unsealed, so I thought I would look and see what size and found this. looking for advice. How do you rate size?
Surely this needs upgrading?
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I wonder if anyone has any useful thoughts on this. Client wants me to redo consumer unit but doesn’t want disruption to fabric of building. I’ve attached pic - looks like original wiring was a 16mm earth to the live incomer .
The meter box is >20m away.
I guess cable is cable but 16mm...
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My situation is is this. I live in a house thats about 40 years old. The consumer unit is the original one . Its the grey metal wylex(?) which has a main switch over to the right and a yellow test button? I think its 100ma ?
The fuses have been replaced with mcbs at some stage. For...
Hi guys, if a 3 phase board is to be installed, with 250A mains. With 8 32A 3 phase sockets, 8 single phase 16A sockets, 2 light circuits and 3 phase 63A socket on it, that exceeds the 250A. I understand you would have to consider diversity factor etc into it but is that still too much or would...
I've been asked to confirm that our site electricity meter is accurate!
Easy on a small site, but 6 cable feed,and a few thousand amps, leaves me short on ideas.
To confirm, this is the meter that records electricity usage for our bill.
It's a CT style. The meter doesn't give a live power read...
Hi all,
I've purchased a property recently and I've managed to have look at the main incomer today.
The main incomer and meter are mounted on slatted wood (looks like floorboard?). Am I right in thinking these should be fixed onto a flame retardant / non-combustible board?
I was going to...
Hi All..
I have a 16mm 3 core swa feed a 9way split board in shed, 30m from incomer .. from the split board I have run a 10mm 3 core swa to 2 way board for hot tub. This has a 63amp rcd in it.. the other end at the split board is also a 63amp rcd on its own of one side of the split board.. this...
Hi all,
Just been to look at a job for a consumer unit changeout, checked the supply and,
Not sure you can see it too well but TNS system with older earthing conductor in green kind of sweated onto intake (connection does not feel too good), but disconnected at the other end (goes into that...
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about to install a invicta 3 , hager 3 phase board.
the neutral on the board is on the left, yet the 4 pole time delay rcd i am going to use has the N labelled on the right hand side of the RCD, so with the copper incoming kit links it won't fit? are there Hager version rcds with neutral on...
Any of the site historians like to explain what this is all about?
It looks like one side is a 40A main fuse but the other, exposed, side attached to the 15A switch?
By the way it was open when I got there, honest.
Need the DNO in to put in an E7 meter and teleswitch, if that's how they still...
When ordering a 3 phase + Neutral DB, I forgot to specify that I wanted a 4 pole switch for the main incomer. What came was a 3 pole main switch with neutral link.
My question is why would you opt to use a 3 pole and neutral link instead of a 4 pole switch? Surely a 4 pole switch is always...
Hi. Quick question. Domestic property recently rewired by niceic spark. Water incomer is metal for about 3 feet into the property (celar) but the rest of the water installation is plastic. Looks like during the rewire the water bonding was broken on purpose. Does it need to be bonded again? (My...
Hi, i'm only a student so please forgive me for the basic question:
Say you have a generator or power transformer serving a main mccb panel, why can't the main switch of the panel be just an isolator? I've only seen the main switching device as a mccb or acb.
I know that in a house you'll have a...
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I'm working up an estimate for a board change for a flat in a small block.
Checking for the main incomers in the Dry riser cupboards and of
course the labels are 'inconclusive' to say the least!
I confess in the past I've just pulled fuses (one was 5 fuses until the right one) but whacking...
Anyone recognise this typ of incomer in cabinet and the earth strapped to presumably paper type incomer doing EICR in flat this is the main riser off to Wylex BS1361 fuse then up to flat in 10MM² TNS or TN-C-S ?
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I have a Hager TP+N Dis Board that i am installing later on this week. I need to purchase the switch disconnector for the board separately. Im unsure of which type to buy as i am getting conflicting statements.
Its Between:
4 pole 250A Switch Disconnector
3 pole 250A Switch...
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