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Geoff1946
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SWA Termination Query
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I would guess that someone damaged the cable and didn't want to admit to it. So, bodge it, bury it and leave pronto. A paving...
Mar 20, 2024
Geoff1946
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Upgrading home service from 60Amp to 100Amp
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As it was once explained to me, "fuses are for short circuit protection, circuit breakers give overload protection". An over...
Mar 18, 2024
Geoff1946
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Weird Voltage reading
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If three lamps are working and one not surely the fault has to be on the feed to the duff one? Probably a broken connection where-ever...
Mar 17, 2024
Geoff1946
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Upgrading home service from 60Amp to 100Amp
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They may be willing to fit an 80amp fuse. Should be adequate and save you a lot of money if the 100amp demands a cable change. The DNOs...
Mar 17, 2024
Geoff1946
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Help needed with issue discovered
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Whoever made the installation needs a good talking to ! At least! Even the most basic dead or live testing would have shown up the...
Mar 7, 2024
Geoff1946
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New Induction Hob No Earth Terminal
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It sound as though the manufacturer's instructions don't say very much. I would be dubious about wiring it straight onto a 32amp supply.
Mar 4, 2024
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Generator and earth rod problems
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Mar 4, 2024
Geoff1946
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Generator and earth rod problems
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Sorry, but this reminds me of a cartoon I saw a while ago, showing a generator with a bucket of soil and earth rod in it.
Mar 4, 2024
Geoff1946
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DC HOME - HVDC CL4 / FMPS Solar System (possible)?
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Bit of light reading here ...
Mar 3, 2024
Geoff1946
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Anyone else think this is a daft CU configuration?
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Whist not disputing the advantages of RCBOs, all the fault finding advantages can be met by using dual pole MCBs. A few years ago I...
Feb 29, 2024
Geoff1946
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Proven WT6000 Wind Turbine and FIT + Deemed Export Queries
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The FIT arrangements you describe sound like those applying to my solar panel installation which was installed 2014. I hadn't really...
Feb 27, 2024
Geoff1946
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RFI From Inverter
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Is the only earth on the inverter through the mains cable? If so, I wonder if short direct links between the inverter case and the...
Feb 22, 2024
Geoff1946
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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If you are using a cheap DIY type multimeter it will have high impedance input. This makes readings from open circuit wires meaningless...
Feb 22, 2024
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That bloke on the right is smiling because he is getting 100 Tesco Club-Card points for every kWh generated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 20, 2024
Geoff1946
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Light fault 'tripping' RCD on the ring circuits.
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Spot on! BUT you are missing the point that the circuit under discussion is connected to the supply BEFORE the RCD. Hence no current...
Feb 19, 2024
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