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Tim Howard
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I desperately need help! Old fuseboard replaced by an electrician but it keeps tripping and he won't respond!
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I very much doubt it’s faulty but it did look 2nd hand Your mothers house has existing faults
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I desperately need help! Old fuseboard replaced by an electrician but it keeps tripping and he won't respond!
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You can search on their websites e.g. https://search.napit.org.uk/ https://niceic.com/find-a-tradesperson/
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Single or DP RCBO (Debate continued, split from "old fuseboard" thread)
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DP rcbo is most beneficial in a TT earthing system where an upstream rcd is being used.
Today at 2:31 PM
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Completing test sheets on circuits. With rcd protection and and rcd socket outlet
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Sure I meant his colleagues were suggesting listing 30ma as the RCD for the circuit, creating the wrong impression.
Today at 2:30 PM
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Completing test sheets on circuits. With rcd protection and and rcd socket outlet
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I agree with you, you should record the protective device and additional protection provided for the entire final circuit. Otherwise...
Today at 1:40 PM
Tim Howard
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Single or DP RCBO (Debate continued, split from "old fuseboard" thread)
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I used to think that DP RCBOs were more essential than they in fact are. Detection is the same. A L-E fault is isolated. An N-E fault...
Today at 1:15 PM
Tim Howard
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Single or DP RCBO (Debate continued, split from "old fuseboard" thread)
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That's what I thought you might have meant, hence my comment about cross purposes!
Today at 1:11 PM
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Can but more often than not the tripped RCBO is the circuit with the fault
Today at 1:08 PM
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That’s true but a DP rcbo will isolate the circuit that causing the trip where as an SP one won’t.
Today at 1:08 PM
Tim Howard
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Single or DP RCBO (Debate continued, split from "old fuseboard" thread)
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It's quite easy to talk at cross purposes here. The point about RCBO boards is the N's are joined upstream of the RCBO test coils that...
Today at 12:44 PM
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I desperately need help! Old fuseboard replaced by an electrician but it keeps tripping and he won't respond!
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most likely you've got a fault that was always there before the board was changed, however the old one couldn't detect that fault so was...
Today at 12:43 PM
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Not sure I agree with that
Today at 12:41 PM
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A little confused on wiring diagram for heating.
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That is all true. What I was trying say is that If the valve fails to open one day, the NO would still become live and the boiler would...
Today at 9:45 AM
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Garage ring or spur?
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That's better and far less misleading for people viewing this thread.
Today at 7:57 AM
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It is not a High Risk Residential Building, or a House in Multiple Occupancy, or a Purpose built student accommodation or a Care home...
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