Recent content by newfutile

The job was not planned or scheduled in any way, I just happened to notice that one of our employees who lives in one of our flats had a 2 dangerous faults, in which both consumer units were very loose on a plasterboard wall,also a cupboard built around them was falling off and putting pressure...

I don’t make policy here i just have to make the best of a bad job. this forum is awful and i wont be coming back here much. the idea of a forum is to promote friendly discussion and offer opinions . i did the best i could as a temporary repair while I research and consider the best permant repair

Both consumer units were damaged and falling off the wall, as a housing association we use tendering so nothing would get done for many weeks. i seem to be getting a lot of criticism here for what is advertised as the uk friendliest forum, i asked for advice yet many replies we not helpful at...

it was an emergency job and this was the only board i could get a short notice,i have never installed a dual tariff board. we install very little usually here (we often struggle to find installs for NICEIC). my main job here is inspection and testing and auditing contractors.

I'm a Qs with a housing association,I replaced 2 old Consumer Unit with a new fusebox 21 way which I added another main switch for the off peak,it has 2 lines and 2 neutrals but only 1 neutral bar, my concerning is operating the off peak main switch will make the neutral bar live after midnight...

we fit rcbos for additional protection on all out domestic consumer units. the issue is there is only 1 neutral bar

In the above board with 2 main switches but only 1 neutral bar. What is the best way to wire the neutrals of the rcbos that feed the 3 storage heaters?

is that Hagar (RCD) Residual Current Device ? where do you get them for £18 ? this will most likely cover many circuits and if so it don’t mean the cooker circuit is faulty , though it could be, tripping on any load suggest neutral to earth or neutral on wrong bar, can you post a pic of the...

It's RED Reverse energy detected it shows your sending power into the grid,does your supplier know you have solar?

no it seems the coil was wired in series with the neutral or maybe the line I think though I’m not certain as I rewired the contactor.

i did all the dead testing which had good results,when I fitted a contactor override switch (actually a photocell override) i measured 24 volts ac with 2 pole tester at the first bollard which was lit, this was enough to light up 2 x 240 volt led lamps, turns out the coil was supplying the...

there no need for that attitude the middle bollard was damaged and needed replacing ,so not just just replacing and hoping.

the tenants have said the lights are always playing up and i copied the wiring ,to further complicate matters the 2 lights were on but no power detected with no contact tester or my single pole tester, the override switch , switches the contactor on during daytime.

after a test and Consumer Unit change a bollard did not light up,this was the middle bollard of 3 the other 2 light up. this is fed from a contactor switched by a photocell . i changed the middle bollard es lamp for a new one ,still don’t work I changed the bollard for a new integrated led type...

Beama actually published a paper stating we should use 100 amp (RCD) Residual Current Device unless a load calculation has been done to allow 63 and 80 amp devices,though it was there members that supply said Consumer Units with the lower rated devices in...