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been really busy working on the project. But id like to reply to say thanks very helpful i actaully did exactly what you said anyway as it actually made a liitle more sense when i thought about. You ve compleetely cleared things up for me thansk again

fisha

My problem with the water rig i have built is that, its powered from a 13amp socket, however the rigs water is fed from the mains which would already be earthed elsewhere. My plan was to earth the rig from a nearby earthbar and loop all the extraneous parts of the rig including the copper pipes with...

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Hi i have built a standalone water rig for a college project. The rig is powered from a nearby socket and contains copperpiping and is built from unistrut. My question is what bonding would this rig require.

Thanks guys

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Hi guys I m a fourth year instrumentation student i have built a water treatment rig from unistrut and it contains copper piping. Connected onto the metal work are electrics including relays and and a 230-24v supply. The rig contains solenoid valves and 230v pumps. There is a panel adjacent to the r...

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Thanks eric, im living in ireland. main tails coming in are fed into the supply boards main fuse which is 80A.then into the meter and from the meter into the consumer unit which has a 63A main switch fuse. The electrician ran a 16mm2 cable from the top of this fuse into the garage supplying another ...

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Hi guys just looking for advice on supplying a second consumer unit in a house for a garage. The electrician has supplied a second consumer unit for a garage using a 10mm squared cable taken from the top of the 63A main switch fuse from the Consumer unit in the house. The 10mm square cable is then f...

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thanks guys

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can a light be wired directly from the end of line of a radial socket circuit, any info would be great

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thanks brownie

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can anyone tell is there a way of using 3 phase tools on a single phase installation, i know you could maybe link out the phases across a single phase but i know this is not advisable is there any safe method of achieving this is it expensive , also i presume it depends on wat type of tools are bein...

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thanks sparx, its a 16 a blue socket brownie, all the sockets will be within 10m of each other, can i put more than one 16a socket on the same circuit, or does each 16a socket need a seperate mcb, also i was wondering can i put a standard 13a socket on the same circuit as a 16a amp socket, thanks br...

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thanks for the info , is it always 1 16amp socket to 1 mcb so. i presume it is advised to use a type c mcb for the 16amp sockets

fisha

hi guys can anyone tell me if i can keep a standard 13a socket and a blue 16a socket on the same circuit or is it better to keep them on seperate circuits and use a type c mcb for the 16a sockets, any advice would be great

fisha

thanks alot guys. its an old TT system im dealing with, so im just gonna change the fuse board drive a new earth rod, then contact the supply authority

fisha

hi i was wondering can anyone tell me, if your meter does not hold a connection for connecting neutral to earth can you make then connection yourself using line taps and does the connection have to be outside the house any info would be grat thanks.

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