A bit out of the ordinary this one.
Carrying out an electrical install on a 200 year old ex warship.
We have installed Rcbo protection on all local circuits on the boat.
There is a 50mm 4 core swa cable going to be supplying the boat direct from a lucy box with a isolator then cutout and meter...
Has anyone been involved with the installation of a disabled alarm in a building remote from a occupied building.
I'm carrying out electrical works to a remote shower block in a caravan park,as an after thought the owner has decided to install a disabled toilet/wet room in the block.
He has...
The transformer is 5m away form the main panel board.The supplier provided a 3 phase and neutral supply and we were instructed to link out the neutral and earth terminals within the panel board by the supplier which was done .Obviously giving us a tncs system
There is an acb main switch rated at...
High looking for a bit of advice might be picking this up incorrect.
A main supply panel board with an 800a and 400a mccb feeding a factory an office block respectively.
Tested Ze 0.07 ohms
Production Building Zs 0.04 ohms
Office Block Zs 0.07 ohms
Length of runs from panel board to both...
Carrying out periodics on various council properties would i be right in putting down limitations for-
Selection of conductors for current carrying capacity and voltage drop if there is no design information.
Erection methods if not present during the instillation.
Routing of cables same as...
Hi,i have been asked to repair a ventilaion fan in a garage that only starts after it has been spun manually.Would that mean a faulty capacitor?
Any info would be appreciated
Had a better look today.
It's a Dorman Smith Panelboard,with 3 3 Phase DB,s on it, all the Mcbs are rated at 3Ka but each one of the DBs are protected by a 63Amp Bs88 Type G fuses.
Would that mean the rating of the mcbs would be negated by the 80Ka BS88 fuses.
Looking for a bit of advice going at the back of a company who carried out a periodic in a shopping centre.
In the observations they have listed as a code 1 that the Ka rating of the MCBs are unsuitable for all the circuits in the DB as they are 3Ka with the PSC 4.8Ka.
But i thought the 4.8Ka...
Testing a premises with single compartment trunking,containging lighting and power wiring alongside data cabling and telephone wiring,would this be classed as a code 1 or 2.
Also contained within this building there is 3 sepperate offices with there own metered supplies,sharing a common water...
I am in the process of carrying out a periodic in a school and am looking for a bit of advice.
I have came across a 12kw electrical water tank mounted above a false ceiling on two rsj's,would they have to be bonded if so what code would that be.
Also there is a electrical water fountain mounted...
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