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Good Evening Everyone,
I've gotten myself some work along an experienced electrician which I am massively grateful for.
Prior to this, I need to test an installation. I am confident on the use of my tester and how to carry out the tests from what I have learned when I got my C&G2392 but I have come across some real world "barriers" that I need some help with.
I only tested on new style CCU's and the installation is on an old BS3036 board (NO MCB/RCD protection)
To comply with the Regs, I installed an 3a RCD FCU spurred from a ring main to feed two lights (As they needed to be RCD protected)
So my first question is, my tester has a socket adapter for RCD testing but as this is a lighting circuit and I can't plug it in anywhere, how do I compete the RCD test? Do I probe the load side at the switch? Or.....???
The second part of my question is when checking the main bonding, there is a Main CCU and a sub main, I remove to main earth bond from the main CCU not the sub main right and then probe to the gas/water pipes outside to remove the possibly of parallel paths?
Thanks for your help.
T
I've gotten myself some work along an experienced electrician which I am massively grateful for.
Prior to this, I need to test an installation. I am confident on the use of my tester and how to carry out the tests from what I have learned when I got my C&G2392 but I have come across some real world "barriers" that I need some help with.
I only tested on new style CCU's and the installation is on an old BS3036 board (NO MCB/RCD protection)
To comply with the Regs, I installed an 3a RCD FCU spurred from a ring main to feed two lights (As they needed to be RCD protected)
So my first question is, my tester has a socket adapter for RCD testing but as this is a lighting circuit and I can't plug it in anywhere, how do I compete the RCD test? Do I probe the load side at the switch? Or.....???
The second part of my question is when checking the main bonding, there is a Main CCU and a sub main, I remove to main earth bond from the main CCU not the sub main right and then probe to the gas/water pipes outside to remove the possibly of parallel paths?
Thanks for your help.
T