Caravan site wiring

[nickjohn]

Hi just to continue with the current site installation. I had a look at the work done on site and wondered if you guys had any thoughts on what has been installed.

The external weatherproof housing has been screwed to the side of the van, it is a screwed shut external housing with the main sw and rcd inside, my initial thought is that if the rcd trips at any time the tenant has to remove the cover exposing the switches / connections which surely must be wrong, especially if it is raining etc etc.

Also the ground spike earth goes to the earth connection within the housing but there is no separate earth bond to the chassis is this right?? and the gas bond (10mm) is connected to the internal c/u which only has the earth from the 4mm flex going back to the external sw..

I would have expected to see within the external housing a small 1 way c/u with the main sw and rcd fully enclosed, also I had expected to see a 10mm earth bond continuing to the main chassis and gas or am I wrong??

 

[happysteve]

Oh. Oh my. I... no. No words.

I'm gonna bow out of this one, perhaps I'll resume the discussion on the nuances of the BGB in another thread in the "theories and wiring regs" forum. For this, I'm out.

 

[nickjohn]

Is it that bad or is it my assumptions that are so far out??

 

[D Skelton]

Four words:

Rip out, start again!

 

[nickjohn]

I think you can see why the owner of the site is getting a little brassed off, the sparks who did this work supposedly only does work on caravan sites!!!
He has also suggested putting the external boxes under the vans out of the way but I see from the regs guide that they must be no lower than 500 and, again, how would you access them if the trip went...
I will speak with her tomorrow and advice getting a new sparks....

 

[loz]

the best bet for your friend is to get in touch with oneof these 3 companies, all of them specialize in caravan/mobile home parks, and all work for haven, park dean, park resorts, caravan club etc etc hawkins electrical (the best but the most expensive) rolec services (cheap, but not the best) caravan park electrical services (middle of the road in terms of quality and price) all have websites

 

[D Skelton]

Or call a local spark who knows what he's doing?? This isn't exactly specialist stuff you know. You don't have to specialise in caravan park wiring to be any good at it??

 

[DPG]

So the RCBO is behind a fixed cover. And it's not even transparent, so at least you could SEE if it had tripped. And it's got a removable plug and socket but the box is screwed to the van. Mmmmmmm. Daz