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by curious1
Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:44 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: 3 Phase balancing
Replies: 7
Views: 3912

Re 3 phase

Hi again ericmark, thanks for your reply. Yes france is the place but its only a holiday home. the immersion is on a 32amp fuse as until I change the board it was the only on spare as when its on the 16amp it causes it to trip. All seams well since changing thou so fingers still crossed. Q. Why does...
by curious1
Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:52 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: 3 Phase balancing
Replies: 7
Views: 3912

Re - tripping out on my 3 phase

Thanks ericmark for your reply, the old board has switch type mcb's and I traced the circuits back to the board, it would appear that the immersion is wired in on the same circuit as the sockets on thar floor (16amp mcb) so ive now changed it over to the one spar way i had left so its now on its own...
by curious1
Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: 3 Phase balancing
Replies: 7
Views: 3912

Further to my question of 3 phase

Hi thanks for the reply, makes sense and sounds very similar to our main street supply in uk being 3 phase in the road but only one of the phases going to an individual house. Would it be correct to think that in say a kettle is on and then an immersion heater also cuts in and then main breaker then...
by curious1
Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:01 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: 3 Phase balancing
Replies: 7
Views: 3912

3 Phase balancing

not sure where my topic questions are going as cant see them on here...so forgive if they get duplicated. Q. If you have 3 phase supply as your incommer "France for instance" and you shared the circuits loads across the board over the 3 phases by way of washing machine on one , water heate...
by curious1
Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:59 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: What does the Neutral wire do ?
Replies: 15
Views: 15727

3 Phase

hi all, just reading the posts regarding 3 phase and single phase and was wondering if there are any specific reasons why can can or cannot use ring mains with either? For instance.. can you use a ring main with 3 phase supply or should it be a radial circuit and if so could you explain why? Also, h...
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