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Ring or radial please?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kurt" data-source="post: 448004" data-attributes="member: 27355"><p>I would only add a little experience from changing out old boards to new ones, i.e. RCD protection.</p><p></p><p>Some of the benefits of the testing prior to energising and hand over is to prove.</p><p></p><p>1. That the installation is not already breaking down to earth or between conductors </p><p></p><p>2. That any RCD installed will operate without nuisance tripping.</p><p></p><p>3. When everything is running and house loaded up, the Cu is stable.</p><p></p><p>You cannot do this without the correct use of test equipment so your installation may or may not be stable, you dont know yet.</p><p></p><p>The whole point of all this stuff MCB, RCD fuses etc is to ensure that when a fault occurs the installation responds elegantly. Simply thinking because it works all is good is massively naive and missing the whole point of all the safety measures put in place. What you need to prove is that the installation will deal with a fault in the correct manner and safeguard people and property.. SO FAR FROM WHAT I CAN MAKE OUT YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE THIS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurt, post: 448004, member: 27355"] I would only add a little experience from changing out old boards to new ones, i.e. RCD protection. Some of the benefits of the testing prior to energising and hand over is to prove. 1. That the installation is not already breaking down to earth or between conductors 2. That any RCD installed will operate without nuisance tripping. 3. When everything is running and house loaded up, the Cu is stable. You cannot do this without the correct use of test equipment so your installation may or may not be stable, you dont know yet. The whole point of all this stuff MCB, RCD fuses etc is to ensure that when a fault occurs the installation responds elegantly. Simply thinking because it works all is good is massively naive and missing the whole point of all the safety measures put in place. What you need to prove is that the installation will deal with a fault in the correct manner and safeguard people and property.. SO FAR FROM WHAT I CAN MAKE OUT YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE THIS. [/QUOTE]
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