Just to add cars do have an earth its a shared neutral and earth...
Don't quote me on the rcd thing I could be totally mixed up with something else, its been so long since I did anything with rcds its a bit fuzzy!
Give me a control panel and boiler room anyday...
Just to add cars do have an earth its a shared neutral and earth...
Don't quote me on the rcd thing I could be totally mixed up with something else, its been so long since I did anything with rcds its a bit fuzzy!
Give me a control panel and boiler room anyday...
Hahaha, im the same lad. Spent my time in a factory with my head stuck in panels doing motor control and pneumatic valve control most of the time. Id say if I fitted 5 RCD in the past 7 years id be lucky lol. Im not too well up on domestic or even commercial for that matter, its all Industrial I did so.
Cheers for all the help people, got hold of the landlord and he sent in a sparky, I explained I narrowed it down to the kitchen sockets and he tested them and one had a 0.02 a dead load, so he removed that leg and said it won't trip now but down overload that ring until new year when they rewire it!
So he put it down to a 16amp mcb?
Or a 20amp mcb would be fine for a 2.5mm radial wich it now is effectivly if he dropped a leg out between two points, if he left it on the 32 amp hes a nob as potentially you could pull to much down as 2.5mm radial is around 29amp max iirc. And just askin some one to not use heavy load is a risk in my eyes. All ways elliminate the possabillity of fault or danger. And going back slightly any cable buried less than 50mm in a wall must be rcd protected in acordence with 17th addition regs. I generaly use split load 10way boards as most people dont want to pay for 6-10 rcbo's in a cu. Only circuits not on rcd would be as stated earlier smokes, dedicated freezer supply, ect. On another slight note, it is dangerous not to be able to get to appliences plugs, as again new regs state that local isolation must apply to all appliences either by easy accsess to sockets or switched fused spurs. Saying that its not a fail on a pir test just would not comply to current regs so code 4 and would be recomended to be improved.
So he put it down to a 16amp mcb?
Or a 20amp mcb would be fine for a 2.5mm radial wich it now is effectivly if he dropped a leg out between two points, if he left it on the 32 amp hes a nob as potentially you could pull to much down as 2.5mm radial is around 29amp max iirc. And just askin some one to not use heavy load is a risk in my eyes. All ways elliminate the possabillity of fault or danger. And going back slightly any cable buried less than 50mm in a wall must be rcd protected in acordence with 17th addition regs. I generaly use split load 10way boards as most people dont want to pay for 6-10 rcbo's in a cu. Only circuits not on rcd would be as stated earlier smokes, dedicated freezer supply, ect. On another slight note, it is dangerous not to be able to get to appliences plugs, as again new regs state that local isolation must apply to all appliences either by easy accsess to sockets or switched fused spurs. Saying that its not a fail on a pir test just would not comply to current regs so code 4 and would be recomended to be improved.
should be fine just for a short period, post another pic of the fuseboard and we should be able to see what hes changed and advise you further!
As above, and j25gti my comment was in agreement with you i wasnt just trying to sound smart and was not suggesting it had to be improved just saying what we would mark it as on a periodic inspection. Was trying to reiterate as you said you mainly do pannels and i mainly do domestic these days.