French Electrics

[Mike.J]

Newbie on the Forum, most experience in French domestic installation, if anyone wants any guidance I will try to help.

 

[Sharpend]

Welcome Mike, you still in France?

 

[Mike.J]

Thanks for the welcome.

No, self isolating in Kent at the moment with no hope of getting back to France due to travel restrictions, bit of a bind as the place is up for sale and final contract is supposed to be signed next month.

 

[Geoff1946]

I thought it was said that you could go if you have a "pressing need" ? Who defines ? Are they just empty political words?

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Thanks for the welcome.

No, self isolating in Kent at the moment with no hope of getting back to France due to travel restrictions, bit of a bind as the place is up for sale and final contract is supposed to be signed next month.

If you do get chance to go back...
Make sure you get a shopping list from the more intoxicated forum members, who need to top up their wine & beer cellars with a few more specialist products than Tesco's & Sainsbury's et-al can supply!


p.s. Welcome!

 

[Mike.J]

I thought it was said that you could go if you have a "pressing need" ? Who defines ? Are they just empty political words?

During the last lock down that was true, but the rules have changed this year and keep changing, one of the "pressing needs" was a house sale contract signing, but this is not a viable reason this year according to the French Government web site, the Emperor of France and the EU has a very anti UK agenda.

 

[Mike.J]

If you do get chance to go back...
Make sure you get a shopping list from the more intoxicated forum members, who need to top up their wine & beer cellars with a few more specialist products than Tesco's & Sainsbury's et-al can supply!


p.s. Welcome!

Beside rural property Its about the only thing left in France that is cheaper than the UK, can't believe the increase in price's over the last few years, three years ago fuel was at €0.80lt its now closer to €1.80lt, but according to Macron France is not experiencing unprecedented inflation.

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[Mike.J]

Just an update in case anyone is interested, we gave our Notary (French Government Solicitor obligatory in France) power of attorney to act on our behalf, house is now sold and monies are in my account, Hm Porsche or Range Rover.

 

[Andy™]

going by how much you claim to make, surely you already have 3 of each?

 

[Mike.J]

going by how much you claim to make, surely you already have 3 of each?

Ohhh little green monster.
And only one Porsche already although it's an old one.
And it's made not make been retired for a number of years now.

 

[Fleeting]

Ohhh little green monster.
And only one Porsche already although it's an old one.
And it's made not make been retired for a number of years now.

That is an unpleasant trait you have there. I doubt anyone cares which cars you have or how much money you claim to have the term braggart comes to mind.

 

[Sharpend]

Well he can enjoy it whilst he is here coz he can’t take it with him so it’ll be short lived.

 

[Mike.J]

Just an update in case anyone is interested, we gave our Notary (French Government Solicitor obligatory in France) power of attorney to act on our behalf, house is now sold and monies are in my account, Hm Porsche or Range Rover.

It was a tongue in cheek comment that seems to have got up some peoples nose's, get a life guys and lighten up.

 

[Dranok]

Newbie on the Forum, most experience in French domestic installation, if anyone wants any guidance I will try to help.View attachment 13085

That's a nice little industrial single line dwg you use as an avatar ;-) But what the heck is that DB?!? 4-pole RCCB and 4P incomer, 3ph RCCB strips and a poor little RCCB on its lonesome making me wonder how discrimination is maintained... Is this how the French now handle "complete isolation" without requiring 2P breakers throughout? =:-o
Is 3ph domestic common in France? It seems to be elsewhere in Europe. I still wonder why, it makes everything so complex and expensive.

 

[Mike.J]

That is not an industrial single line circuit drawing, but a domestic three phase installation, three phase is common in rural France, the RCD/RCBO's are separately powered direct from the distribution block (see below) not through an RCD, regulations in France are only eight MCB's per RCD, white goods to be on their own radial through dual pole MCB's, not complex, but much simpler with line and neural bus bars across the top of the row and distributed to each row by a vertical supply bar.

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/distribution-blocks/8680720