mrloy99
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I was on a job last year,big multiroomed hotel,each with their own consumer unit which entailed the installation of at least 2 rcbo's per unit.One of my jobs was to go round and change every rcbo (about 400)
in all! ,as the previous spark had shortened the curly blue leads ,presumably to tidy things up.Some consultant came along and he had apparantly been in touch with MK who in their superior wisdom,decided that the reason their rcbo's wern't tripping within their manufactors stated limits was that these leads were not designed to be shortened. I have yet to see any information advising of this on their
product information and indeed have been guilty of performing this sin myself on one or two occasions,though I did not see any problems with
test results that I achieved. Thank god I wasn't paying for it!!
I would be most interested to know if other tradesmen are aware of this or have had similar issues in the past.
in all! ,as the previous spark had shortened the curly blue leads ,presumably to tidy things up.Some consultant came along and he had apparantly been in touch with MK who in their superior wisdom,decided that the reason their rcbo's wern't tripping within their manufactors stated limits was that these leads were not designed to be shortened. I have yet to see any information advising of this on their
product information and indeed have been guilty of performing this sin myself on one or two occasions,though I did not see any problems with
test results that I achieved. Thank god I wasn't paying for it!!
I would be most interested to know if other tradesmen are aware of this or have had similar issues in the past.