Recent content by ebee

Not bad at all for an "approximation". I wish my test gear was that accurate.

Yep, for years and years lead piping was the norm, nowadays if copper pipe it should not have lead solder on the joints. We go from one extreme to the other. I am not saying that lead piping on drinking water is not a bad idea but just asking about the realities %age wise of ill health. Of...

you mean rather than on the centre axis which would have made it a bit less?

Interesting, thanks Sunray. Oh and the Orange MK plug with 3 x 2.5 conductors, another interesting one.

Reminds me of when we were taught x/x = 1 then I threw a spanner in the works and asked "what if x=0?" I concluded that 0/0 = anything on the basis of an object moving at 0 miles in 0 seconds could be moving at any speed 1mph, 1000mph or speed of light and 0/0 is correct for all speeds. However...

Yes I do 6.0 T & E for cookers Rewireable fuses aplenty, then on 30A MCBs then 32A MCBs. Years ago 4.0 was not much less than 6.0 , sometimes more expensive because less common so that`s one reason. One more reason is less different sizes to keep in stock too. 4.0 was not well favoured for...

Before speed cameras the red circle number meant do not travel less than 10mph above that number or everyone else will tailgate you and honk the horn. Oh and those 20mph signs still mean 30 mph target or above. I used to have a little habit of not exceeding the speed limit for a while, oohh it...

Hmm, not common but the concept of whatever is disconnected the earth must not be unless all others are , would prevent any unearthed metal on a live appliance sort of situation. I think we would rather that our unearthed fridge/washer had no L or N connected if earth wasn`t. So I suppose it...

What you have to consider is if the nut loosens you want the conductors to stay put so a round or better still "shepherds crook" kind of shape is best. Personally I would twist both together before putting under the nut to help ensure some possibility of tight portions between the conductors...

Well the thing you should do is to make sure that the connection(s) is sound both electrically and mechanically so I reckon you have that covered. The fact that it`s one or more conductors (which I don`t think is the bit you are querying) is probably because it has it`s own circuit earthwire and...

Not only just recent though - Sale of goods etc etc makes it the responsibility of the installer

Yes i welcome those comments by Ericmark & Sunray, It is the age old teaching wrong, because a teacher is a teacher they are looked upon to know everything about everything they teach and sometimes their knowledge is not quite right, in fact sometimes quite wrong, this has always been the case...

I have looked on you tube to see what offerings there are for instructions on how to wire a UK plugtop. Some seem ok but how many put the emphasis on getting the earthwire long enough to avoid pull out until last? They all (most) seem to follow the rule of making the earthwire long but IMHO not...

|Go on then. I`ll agree with you, I did slant it a bit but I hope it`s clear now that both RCBOs and MCBs are most often Single pole switching but there are Double Pole versions too (for single phase - more poles are available in 3 phase variety's) Phew! I feel like I`ve been told off! :giggle:;)

Yep. Good example. So, what do we do?