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by HomeBrewPower
Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:31 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: shock from an appliance
Replies: 2
Views: 2970

Kitching Earth Fault

333Rocky333, I would as a first step carry out a ZE to confirm the property has an earth then Bond the Services. 1.5Meg Ohms NEEDS investigating as there is deffinately some earth leakage to phase. Assuming the property has either BS3036 Rewirable Fuses / BS EN 60898 MCB's then the fault will not au...
by HomeBrewPower
Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:20 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: lengthening the ring main cable?
Replies: 2
Views: 3307

Replacing Socket - FAO Keith

Keith, You have a couple of options 1. Isolate the ring mains circuit & test with a BS7671 tester & proving unit 2. Take off the surface mounted socket & backbox 3. You should now have 2 x T&E cables exposed from the wall A) If the wall is Stoothing (Hollow) then it will be easier fo...
by HomeBrewPower
Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:04 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: lighting
Replies: 7
Views: 3720

Light Switch Drops - Sleeving

Hi there,

There is nothing wrong with sleeving the Blue on a switch drop (Correct identification of conductors) providing you use the correct type of sleeving and DO NOT use brown tape!
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