Hi all I am about 2 years retired after being NICEIC registered for over 20 years.
An old customer just a little concerned about an EICR just been done on her property by someone else now with lots of N/A everywhere
main one being no end to end readings (R1R2) entered for the ring circuits
I...
Hi folks. I am regularly experiencing tingling shocks from my laptop and kettle. Both of these things are plugged into something with a ground plug.
I decided to measure the neutral to earth voltage, at least for the nodes I can reach at my plug. I see significant AC voltages measured between...
Hi, I’m confused. I recently carried out insulation resistance test on a 3 phase board I had some weird readings.
I removed all vulnerable bits of kit and tested the dead side of the incomer all readings where good a part from L2 which had a low reading of 2.8M ohms. This was much lower than...
carrying out an eicr on a building recently we found the external ze reading to be extremely low ie 0.02ohms. so by measurement and testing are fault current read 20ka. now most of the mcbs rcbos ets have an icn of 10kohms. this poses a problem as obvisoluy the mcbs etc would self destruct under...
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I've just purchased the martindale tester second hand from ebay.
In comparison with my metrel mi3002 and ht macrotouch, it is giving almost twice the readings.
In my mind, this is a faulty unit, as calibrating will only check the tolerance, and if the readings are this far out, it...
Kitchen RFC 2.5 T+E - IR=>200MOhms at 250VDC L&N to E but 0.34MOhms at 500VDC L&N to E.
I suspect damp/corrosion in sockets, what do you reckon?
All socket switches opened including SFCU to cooker hood, F/F, D/W and W/M.
Hi,
I'm buying a new test kit and was wondering if anyone had a problem with non trip earth loop readings?
This was taken on the same installation- new mk sentry split load rccb CU.
I've got a secondhand, calibrated megger 1711 MFT which I've taken readings on a ring = 1.04 ohms
And...
Have any of you used appliance power use monitors to measure how much power a device is using? I recently bought one that plugs into a wall socket and then you plug the appliance into the device and it tells you the voltage, amp draw, wattage and Kwh the appliance uses.
If I plug a fan heater...
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I am a current student studying to become an electrician and a question has thrown me. I'm wondering if someone could help, there is a question on one of my home work books. "complete the following table assuming the resistors are connected in parallel?" the example I will give is R1 is 120...
TT system Ze is 17.5 ohms but when connected it is 0.60 ohms? Have one outgoing 95mm SWA and one 240mm SWA earthed either end and individual rods?
Thanks
Being new to this game I’ve been waiting a while for the right job to come along and I have now done my first eicr today, small Chinese takeaway 2 circuits (lights and 1 rfc) most cooking appliances are gas, found some interesting stuff like sockets wired from lighting circuit,main bond buried...
Would you divide the 5.13 ohms by 4.
I personally don’t think so.
Also the R1 /Rn short circuit resistances are different from the usual R1 /R2 measurements.
Found those in an electrical book by,that man.
The Zs on this circuit was above the permitted figure,so just had a play around to see if...
Hi all just registered and looking for an answer to an issue with my installation.
I will give you the spec first.
Two X BP solar panels each one:
Nom peak power 75.00
Peak power voltage 17.00
Peak power current 4.45
Short circuit current 4.75
Open circuit voltage 21.40
Victron energy 75/15...
Evening all
A few weeks ago we were doing an Eicr and were getting dead shorts on every circuit between neutral and earth. In the end it was believed that the fault might actually stem from the incoming earth. I understand you will get a short if it was tncs but not usually tns. However the...
Hi have wierd dilemma, looks to be 3 phase - 4 wire system so testing am getting this
L1-L2 Nothing
L2-L3 450v
L1-L3 450v
L1-N 230v
L2-N 230v
L3-N 230v
Why no L1-L2?
TNS system
60947-2 main switch
60898 double pole 63amp MCBs that feed some caravan boxes now some circuits I can get below the disconnection times of 0.56 ohms but some are 1.22 ohms now I’ve tried changing glands anything else I can do apart from TT the hook up unit? Or do you need upfront RCD...
Hi, have a distribution unit which feeds some caravan boxes TT system, it has upfront 300mA RCD and double pole 60898, now I’ve been sent to re gland as the disconnect times wasn’t met, but I’m getting readings of 0.30 ohms when max is either TT 167 ohms or if you go by MCB then 0.59? But the...
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