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Hi gents, after some product advice from those who do test-and-tag on a semi-regular basis.

We've got a customer with an MCC where all the circuits are RCD protected but there is no neutral anywhere in the panel, it's 3P+E only. (I know this for a fact because I was the one pulling in the cables, for my sins).

After blowing up the poor test&tag guy's tester (a Metrel something-or-other) I'm after recommendations for units that can handle a two-wire no-neutral test, or even better a 415v cross-phase test.

I've seen the Megger MFT1731 which looks pretty nice, but I don't really need an installation tester with loop impedance etc, more after a tagging focused unit for tools and RCDs.

Anyone care to share what they run?
 
Hi gents, after some product advice from those who do test-and-tag on a semi-regular basis.

We've got a customer with an MCC where all the circuits are RCD protected but there is no neutral anywhere in the panel, it's 3P+E only. (I know this for a fact because I was the one pulling in the cables, for my sins).

After blowing up the poor test&tag guy's tester (a Metrel something-or-other) I'm after recommendations for units that can handle a two-wire no-neutral test, or even better a 415v cross-phase test.

I've seen the Megger MFT1731 which looks pretty nice, but I don't really need an installation tester with loop impedance etc, more after a tagging focused unit for tools and RCDs.

Anyone care to share what they run?
Am curious to know what kind of solution you came up with for this one.?. I have never had to test an rcd that did, nt have a neutral so am not much help to you there
 
Hmm well I'm curious here

So all I have is an old robin 3 wire tester

Do all the modern testers not just do L-E trip ?

Seen the Megger 1741 guy saying he can just pull the neutral wire out of tester if he wants , said the 3 is only for polarity

I'm prob missing something obvious
 

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