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    Replacing a 32A type B RCD

    They are a resonable budget brand. Top money would be schneider acti-9 stuff , now it wouldn't be for me to say if the premium you pay would translate into better quality....
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    Replacing a 32A type B RCD

    I thought it fed an EVSE? But how are you going to isolate it from the incomming electricity supply? Possibly - but err, not really; I've just looked more closely, they looked to be bigger than that, so I didnt look too closely, but now see that they are 4mm singles in pvc oversleeve, which...
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    Replacing a 32A type B RCD

    RCD type symbols: https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/4946310-32a-double-pole-2-module-b-curve-10ka-30ma-type-a-mini-rcbo Do you have anyway to isolate it?
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    Replacing a 32A type B RCD

    Type B RCD is a little misleading - Thats a double pole RCBO, the RCD part of which is type A, and the Overucrrent part is a Type B/B curve 32A. How have you proved that it is faulty?
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    Voltage drop poser

    Yes, and don't tell them you have had the cut out apart, and don't do it again, the supply cable upstream is likely fused at circa 400A at the transformer fuseboard. So f***ing up or slipping would result in a very big bang indeed!
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    Securing Mains Cable

    If its quite a sizeable gap between plasterboard and brickwork then a few loops of all round band screwed and plugged to the wall is another solution https://www.toolstation.com/all-purpose-fixing-band/p24536
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    Replacing a small consumer unit with a double socket in outbuilding

    You mean its a 3core cable with an approx 10mm overall diameter? You can find specification tables on manufacturer websites https://www.doncastercables.com/cables/6/26/SWA-and-Mains-Distribution/XLPE-Insulated--PVC-Bedded-and-Sheathed--Steel-Wire-Armoured-Cables/ But even 1.5mm² 3core is shown...
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    Smart meter commissioning (Ed.)

    Can the readings obtained through the home mini be used for billing then? I was never sure, I did wonder if the mini was only to provide data to the app as an alternative to the IHD (when I had my smart meters done last august, I was offered IHD or mini), I didn't know if there was some...
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    3 phase distribution question

    1. If you envisage more than 63A feeds being needed, then best option is what the manufacturers often call a 'hybrid board' Hager and MEM do them, where you get a couple of TP ways at the bottom that are rated to 125A and taking physically larger breakers (each pole is 27mm rather than 18mm)...
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    Megger vs Insulation tester?

    As above, but you should also be aware that a lot of places use the term INSTALLATION TESTER as a synonym for multi-function tester see here for example: https://cpc.farnell.com/megger/mft1735/multifunction-tester-3-phase/dp/IN09209 , its not a term I particually like because it looks too much...
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    Wall light 3 core cable with no earth

    Nah, too busy thinking wondering about CFL lamps, vintage photography processes and the amount of relay logic that old jukeboxes and pinball machines had....:D
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    Wall light 3 core cable with no earth

    Thats why I shouldn't reply when I'm tired.... fixed
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    Wall light 3 core cable with no earth

    I think you'd best post a picture, Red and two blacks with no CPC would be a *very* unusual cable. A CPC has been required at every point since the 14th edition regulations came in in 1966, so a '73 house shouldn't have cable without one.
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    How old is my cable

    Theres also Julian date format. Nothing to do with Julian vs Geogorian Calenders, before someone brings up the orthadox church, or Russians missing the olympics..... CYYDDD Century being 0 for 1900s or 1 for 2000 YY being a two digit year and DDD being the day of the year. So today would be...
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    Are these electrics safe?

    Looks like red FP used to supply the intruder alarm to me, very roughly installed, likely by the alarm guy! No - You're thinking of MCBS to fit in an old wylex standard unit, which provide overcurrent protection in a slightly more convienient way than re-wireable or cartridge fuses, they do...
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