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That's a switched fused connection unit, used for connecting a spur to.This is a "switched fused spur":
Do y’all not have panels with all your overcurrent and short circuit and run your wires the the devicesThis is a "switched fused spur":
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This is a "switched fused spur":
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is that a fuse beside a switch. Remember I’m in the US and trying to learn y’alls way of doing thingsThis is a "switched fused spur":
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Do y’all not have panels with all your overcurrent and short circuit and run your wires the the devices
we do. we call them Distribution Boards. domestics are commonly referred to as Consumer Units.Do y’all not have panels with all your overcurrent and short circuit and run your wires the the devices
Thanks for the knowledge and helpwe do. we call them Distribution Boards. domestics are commonly referred to as Consumer Units.
We use breakers as our overcurrent protection not fuses
That's a switched fused connection unit, used for connecting a spur to.
Capital letter at the start, full stop at the end. Anything more complex than that and you're talking to the wrong guy.Now, now Andy78, that's a tad pedantic of you! LOL!
Plus, you ended your sentence with an unnecessary preposition. If we are trying to assist our American friend with the correct terminology for our superior electrical items, we should be careful not to let him think our grammar is inferior...
one phase is a much higher voltage to earth and called the hot wire, never seen that in UK.
Lucien I personally don’t use Delta 3 phase transformers. And you are right it’s useless to the work I do, the only use for it in my opinion is just 3 phase loads onlyI don't think we've ever used edge-grounded delta at all. It's a cheap way to rig up 3-phase on systems where the normal service is split-phase with both lines present in most installations. Because we only ever use split-phase in the absence of 3-phase (as our single-phase is 230V not 120V) we wouldn't have anything to gain from high-leg delta. And I think it is technically 'high leg' or 'wild leg' rather than 'hot', because hot just means line.
The T in TN is Terre, it's French.
Hot wire = live UK. Active Aus
No Split or Polyphase in UK generally used
I like the terminology and the way electrical is different in other countriesNo Hotleg Delta Transformer set ups in UK.
GFCI = RCD
Hot wire = live UK. Active Aus
Travellers = Strappers UK
Romex or NM = T & E UK, TPS Aus
No Split or Polyphase in UK generally used
Red, Black and Blue phase colours are Brown, Black, Grey UK or Red White and Blue in Aus
Receptical = Double or Single socket UK, GPO Aus
EMT - Conduit
No AWG cable sizing in the UK
Midget - Outlet of shallow depth
60hz - 50Hz UK and Aus
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