Yes, that is the ceiling.
Another one to chortle at.....
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Yes, that is the ceiling.
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You want to shut the cover - the lecky is falling out!
Seriously, if you turned the pic around I don't think we would notice!
Seriously, if you turned the pic around I don't think we would notice!
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You want to be wary of that. I found one installed in a house in Staffs like that, only this one was under the floor, mounted directly below the waste for the bath above it!!
Crabtree (whose board it was) told me they could not guarantee that the RCD would operate correctly as any heat generated would not dissipate in the same way that it would if mounted on a vertical surface.
They also said that you must not fit boards on end as any heat built up by MCB's will rise into adjacent breakers and possibly cause healthy breakers to trip.
Crabtree (whose board it was) told me they could not guarantee that the RCD would operate correctly as any heat generated would not dissipate in the same way that it would if mounted on a vertical surface.
They also said that you must not fit boards on end as any heat built up by MCB's will rise into adjacent breakers and possibly cause healthy breakers to trip.
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Goodness knows how 3-phase boards work then...
What a PITA that must have been for the original installer, certainly a lot of effort to go to for getting it so wrong.
If you have a read of the data sheets, some manufacturers recommend leaving a 1 module gap either side of MCBs intended to be loaded near to their rated In for prolonged periods.
a few years ago there was a surge of southern irish build portacabins appearing in south wales with the DB's fitted on the ceiling.
This is in a portakabin !
Interesting, in that in Germany, where domestic installations tend to be three phase, the mcbs are always mounted as in our domestic boards. I always wondered why we have to turn them sideways for 3 phase boards.
If you have a read of the data sheets, some manufacturers recommend leaving a 1 module gap either side of MCBs intended to be loaded near to their rated In for prolonged periods.
Surely its a site hut, I'm pretty sure portakabins use Merlin stuff in their modular buildings
Does he mean portakabin as in Portakabin, or portakabin as in biro, jacuzzi, roller blade, thermos flask, sellotape, post-it-note, megger...
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That's a neat modular looking thingy, but doesn't the owner realise that leaving it as untidy as that is a criminal offence in Germany?
That's a neat modular looking thingy, but doesn't the owner realise that leaving it as untidy as that is a criminal offence in Germany?
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