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  1. K

    What tests at garage CU

    Thanks guys ! Onece ive done 1xmajor/1xminor i will be applying for assessment from NICEIC for domestic installers status. Regards Kung.
  2. K

    What tests at garage CU

    Hi All Just been told that one guy for his assessment rewired his garage but was told as the garage was not attached to his house the only thing needing notifying was the supply cable and anything inside the garage isnt so cant be used for assessment ! im confused now as i would have thought...
  3. K

    What tests at garage CU

    Thank you very much again as usual SPECIAL LOCATION you have been very informative and extremely helpfull in your easy to understand/follow replies. Kind Regards Kung.Applaud Smiley
  4. K

    What tests at garage CU

    Hi again sorry to sound daft but have i got this right ? do ze/pfc,pssc at house cu then R1+R2,IR,zs at house cu garage circuit only with garage cu discon so just testing circuit supply cable and put the test results on S.O.T Then do exactly the same tests for just the garage cu and out going...
  5. K

    What tests at garage CU

    so basically is it ze at house and zdb at garage where ze is on scedule of tests and is it 1X EIC 2X SOT 1 for house 1 for garage and mark as house cu DB 1 garage cu DB 2 ? Regards Kung.
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    Whats your jokes ?

    Little toddler in the bath with his mum Pointing at her muff he asks "What's that, mummy?" She replies "That's my sponge... all mummys have them." "I know," said the little one "...when you go to bingo, aunty Anne washes daddy's face with hers!"
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    Whats your jokes ?

    And another ! A little boy comes down to breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he had done his chores. "Not yet," said the little boy. His mother tells him no breakfast until he does his chores. Well, he's a little ****ed, so he goes to feed the chickens, and he kicks a...
  8. K

    work ANYONE???????

    Hi Dont know if it helps but i use www.letjoknow.co.uk They text you jobs etc been quite good. Hope this helps Regards Kung.
  9. K

    What tests at garage CU

    Hi all Just about to replace/upgrade garage cu for part of my NICEIC assessment what i just need to know is where do i do the tests eg what tests do i do at house cu and what tests do i do at garage cu for the EIC ? Garage is 10ft away from house supplies from 20A mcb. Regards Kung.
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    Whats your jokes ?

    THE WEDDING I was a very happy man. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering me....It was her beautiful younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two, wore very tight...
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    insulation resistance testing

    Thanks guys thats me done with questions on testing now your be glad to hear sorry for being a pain and thanks for your answers ! Regards Kung.
  12. K

    insulation resistance testing

    Hi Ian sorry for being a pain it was a low energy light fitting not bulb i know if it was on 500v test 0.71 would be a fail as under the min 1Mohm but 250v anything 0.5Mohm and above is a pass as he said selv/pelv will still require an insulation test in its own right so if your testing...
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    insulation resistance testing

    Yes take your point but what im saying is then he said i could go through all the circuits and find out what one is causing the fail but i know its the upstairs lighting circuit ! dave can you switch off the upstairs lighting mcb ? then he retested it and got >99.9 Mohm then set it on 500v...
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    insulation resistance testing

    He just wired in a low energy light fitting and said now lets go and see what reading i get back at the CU and set his megger to 250v IR test and got 0.71Mohm then said which of course is a failure
  15. K

    insulation resistance testing

    Thats what i thought and if 250v >0.5Mohm but tony cable got 0.71Mohm and said which of course is a failure but its higher than 0.5Mohm im confused !
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    Electricfix invite

    Niceic will also be there ! as well as demos and freebees ! got mine this morn
  17. K

    insulation resistance testing

    Yes warren what im saying is if ifs under 299 so 298/250/200/100/5Mohm etc its a fail ? Hope this makes sense My meter doesnt do symbols >< etc
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    insulation resistance testing

    Thanks so it must be above 299Mohm and on cert its down as >299Mohm ? and although mine dont do reduced test volatge of 250v so cant do selv/pelv but if it did it would have to give reading higher than 99.9Mohm and reading on cert would be >99.9Mohm ? as long as readings are these its a...
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    insulation resistance testing

    Hi All Just a quick question on insulation resistance testing i know how to do it but what i dont get is i know its just an exam question and if you got readings like bs7671 further investigation would take place ie 250v------------->0.5Mohm 500v------------->1Mohm etc just been...
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    copper conductor resistance per mtr

    Your a diamond m8 ! Just read your post saying much the same back in august 08 for loop imp testing and thanked you for a usefull post now i find you have just replied to my post ! spooky lol ! Thanks so much i feel better now and will be able to sleep ! Kind Regards Kung.
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