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this is the board change i said i was on with this morning:

Picture 004.jpgthis is the intake arrangements for the 4 flats

Picture 011.jpggetting a Ze=0.09

Picture 006.jpgthe existing 4 way BS3036 board

Picture 013.jpgold board removed & finals broken out ready for IR and (R1 R2)

Picture 014.jpg(R1 R2) at the furthest point on the lighting circuit=1.28

Picture 016.jpgnew board going on

Picture 020.jpgnew board straight & level minus cover

Picture 019.jpga closer look

Picture 018.jpgall dead testing has been done....IR was good...the lowest came back at
18 meg with nothing borrowed/shared ...now ready for the cover to go on & energise....Zs & RCD then sticker up and clean any mess made before leaving....:wink:
 

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KAS1 said:
Seriously, nice job by the look of it, but where's your hard hat lol
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all my board changes look to at least the same standard as here....
its just that as i`m known for giving silly`s some stick in here i was invited to send a few pics in of my own standards...
as for the hard hat...i dont know where thats gone....i`l have to get another...
anyway, there were only 4 finals in there.....so its not getting conjested ...but i find generally its better to deal with the phases first then the CPCs and finaly you can start laying in the neutrals....this keeps it looking tidy....
 
kingeri said:
But seriously, thanks for posting this, nice to try and show some of the lesser experienced guys how it should be done.
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well a point i wanted to make of this was to always IR test finals first before introducing earth leakage devices into the mix...and of course always between neutrals....but as there was only one lighting circuit......
its usually shared on the upstairs landing point...but not always.....
 
see i didn`t know until this morning what the existing board was like and how many circuits there were...i thought it was a 6 way...until i got in there and saw it of course....
never mind....
 
For some reason i always pictured you as a thin wiry guy... lol!! I bet most picture me similar to your build, and probably bald too. How mistaken they would all be!! lol!!

Nice job Glenn, though it would have been better to have kept the bared conductor of the terminated cables to a minimum on the Neutral bar!!
 
Engineer54 said:
For some reason i always pictured you as a thin wiry guy... lol!! I bet most picture me similar to your build, and probably bald too. How mistaken they would all be!! lol!!

Nice job Glenn, though it would have been better to have kept the bared conductor of the terminated cables to a minimum on the Neutral bar!!
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point taken eng....see, i always double over the conductor anyway....but i`ll get em a bit shorter...just for you...lol..

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KAS1 said:
Who took the pics ?
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lad called rory....he drops on with Delroy and i for some experience....
 
Nice to see some pics in progress, I'm looking on my phone so quite small pics but in pic 2 doing ZE what is your earth lead connected to? It looks like you haven't disconnected the main earth it looks like your testing all the flats earths? Could be wrong though small pics on phone, you look like that guy who won triple jump at the Olympics ( but slightly bigger :love:)
 
somersetsparks said:
Not a critiscm glenn but how comes you put a main switch and an RCD in?
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was just in the board....the board was a split load job...look at the neutral bars....

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onions1066 said:
Nice to see some pics in progress, I'm looking on my phone so quite small pics but in pic 2 doing ZE what is your earth lead connected to? It looks like you haven't disconnected the main earth it looks like your testing all the flats earths? Could be wrong though small pics on phone, you look like that guy who won triple jump at the Olympics ( but slightly bigger :love:)
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yep...well spotted onions....the pic i have allocated the Ze....was in fact the PEFC test....
 
Engineer54 said:
For some reason i always pictured you as a thin wiry guy... lol!! I bet most picture me similar to your build, and probably bald too. How mistaken they would all be!! lol!!

Nice job Glenn, though it would have been better to have kept the bared conductor of the terminated cables to a minimum on the Neutral bar!!
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if your on about the 25mm neutrals....they come like that with pre-formed ends...i think the strands are resistance welded together...or brazed or something....and i agree with you on em...their too long.....
 
He just called you fat :)

I think he said something about your mum too!

Engineer54 said:
For some reason i always pictured you as a thin wiry guy... lol!! I bet most picture me similar to your build, and probably bald too. How mistaken they would all be!! lol!!

Nice job Glenn, though it would have been better to have kept the bared conductor of the terminated cables to a minimum on the Neutral bar!!
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onions1066 said:
But a ZE not a ZDB
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right:
the pic shows me carrying out a Ze to the property....i do this before any board change to confirm there is actually a proper earthing to the property...
now, this being flats after i had confirmed there was a good earth to the building i then got a Zdb at the board before replacing it...
the PFC i put down was the one i got when confirming the Ze in the pic....its going to be higher than the one i get at the board isn`t it...so as far as i`m concerned its covered...
hope this clears up any confusion.
Glenn.
 
onions1066 said:
Nice to see some pics in progress, I'm looking on my phone so quite small pics but in pic 2 doing ZE what is your earth lead connected to? It looks like you haven't disconnected the main earth it looks like your testing all the flats earths? Could be wrong though small pics on phone, you look like that guy who won triple jump at the Olympics ( but slightly bigger :love:)
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Looks like you have lost your marbles again lol
 
I think onions is trying to say your are carrying out a zdb in your photo in your photo it shows all earthing cables to your earthing block, to carry out a true ze there should only be your main earth connected but you know that right lol nice neat job by the way good to see there are still some guys in the trade that take pride in there work :)
 
funkymonkeytwo said:
I think onions is trying to say your are carrying out a zdb in your photo in your photo it shows all earthing cables to your earthing block, to carry out a true ze there should only be your main earth connected but you know that right lol nice neat job by the way good to see there are still some guys in the trade that take pride in there work :)
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no..the pic shows me carrying out PFC...thats why all the G/Ys are in the block....the other pic i posted shows me doing a Ze at the intake position....
i then went on to get a Zdb at the board .....
 
GLENNSPARK said:
this is the board change i said i was on with this morning:

View attachment 19037this is the intake arrangements for the 4 flats

View attachment 19038getting a Ze=0.09

View attachment 19039the existing 4 way BS3036 board

View attachment 19040old board removed & finals broken out ready for IR and (R1 R2)

View attachment 19041(R1 R2) at the furthest point on the lighting circuit=1.28

View attachment 19042new board going on

View attachment 19043new board straight & level minus cover

View attachment 19045a closer look

View attachment 19044all dead testing has been done....IR was good...the lowest came back at
18 meg with nothing borrowed/shared ...now ready for the cover to go on & energise....Zs & RCD then sticker up and clean any mess made before leaving....:wink:
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MAIN EARTH NOT DISCONNECTED FOR Z.e mate
 
This forum makes me laugh out loud at times, Glenn is a fantastic spark and a valued member, we all know he knows his stuff, and yet some here think they can try to spot a tiny error in a sentence here and there and try to make themselves look a better man LMAO, he knows what a ZE is, and he knows how to carry one out, the picture with the ZE written next to it is irrelevant, try posting up a dozen pictures to the site and post without any error LOL, who cares, now if he would have said this is me carrying out ring main r1 and r2 check and his tester stuck into a light fitting and as it was Friday yes we could have had a laugh with it, come on lads stop being silly.
 
I don't think anyone is laughing at him at all and as I said in my earlier post its good to see there are still some tradesmen that do take pride in there work, I think what we are pointing out is his error be it in the photo or miss spelling. Seeing some of glens posts I'm sure he would do the same as I know he is one for the banter too :), this forum does puzzle me sometimes, give a little banter you get stick, ask for genuine advise you get google it. Sigh
 
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