Fuse replacement

[Toystorywoody]

Hi,

I've been to a job where a 50A MCB had blown and wouldn't reset. I didn't have a replacement MCB the same size so I used a bit of spare cable rated to 48A in the bs7671 book so that the cable would break and de-active the circuit before 50A is overloaded.

I'm not 100% sure if I made the right move or not, can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Woody

 

[telectrix]

either this is a wind-up or you're a prize muppet.

 

[Richard Burns]

I think your jail sentence will be to infinity and beyond.

 

[Toystorywoody]

I don't quite understand what you mean.

I've only recently finished the 17th edition course so that I can get out of the call centre I was in. The theory made sense for the cable as over load protection.

I'm just not too sure now?

 

[Pete999]

Nobel prize winning Muppet

 

[Fox]

My money's on a wind up - £10

 

[Pete999]

My money is on a divvy

 

[HandySparks]

Hi,

I've been to a job where a 50A MCB had blown and wouldn't reset. I didn't have a replacement MCB the same size so I used a bit of spare cable rated to 48A in the bs7671 book so that the cable would break and de-active the circuit before 50A is overloaded.

I'm not 100% sure if I made the right move or not, can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Woody

Just thought I'd capture the post before it's edited by the OP.

Occupation: electrician ??? :cowboy:

 

[Andy78]

Definite wind up..... it's in the way it's written

 

[Toystorywoody]

I'm just after a bit of help.

I used to work in a call centre and studied to change jobs. I've taken the 17th edition course so that I can go into a trade and just come a little unstuck on this one, I've only been doing it 2 weeks. :-/

 

[Fox]

:cowboy:

I'll think you'll find Woody from Toy Story is a cowboy.....

Let's pull the string on his back and see how much more rubbish he'll spout!

 

[HandySparks]

I'll think you'll find Woody from Toy Story is a cowboy.....

Exactly.

 

[Octopus]

My money is that its the muppet from Wiltshire who threw his teddies out of the pram yesterday and today!

This one:

http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...rical-forum/95783-board-change-questions.html

 

[Pete999]

Never occurred to me about woody, never seen Toy Story, in that case I'll renege on my prediction not a divvy it's a wind up got to be

 

[Besoeker]

I'm not 100% sure if I made the right move or not, can anyone help

Yes.
Don't go into comedy. It clearly isn't your forte.