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Homes that have not been upgraded is different from actively choosing to not have a protective device in a new installation. -
So the freezer goes faulty, someone grabs the door handle and is electrocuted. But that's OK because some food wasn't spoiled.
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.LOL - yes I can imagine (and yes there might be a few places where it could be OK but plenty not OK. LOL.
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ebee replied to the thread Kitchen wiring.RCD to fridge and/or freezer yes but as an RCBO would limit the chance of one faulty appliance/circuit causing a big problem at other...
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.I sure it was not to you and yours but to us mere bystanders it could be thus viewed my friend. I have a few times where a situation...
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.Wasn`t there some rule with a Ring Final that no more spurs than points on the ring? for some reason, my guess was more of a case of...
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.I think you have a point Mike, One junction box in most rooms and easy to get to to extend a ring or run a spur say in the near or...
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.Sometimes you can sort of guess why junction boxes abound an certain methods of wiring are emplyed and sometimes not. Sometimes they do...
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ebee replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.Well Eric, with the purely resistive elements on the majority of things it would be a simple ohms law thing dependant on volts and ohms...
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ebee replied to the thread Ring final spurred off from a JB to each socket.In my experience (which might or might not be an indication of common practices in my local area) I have very rarely seen junction boxes...
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ebee replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.Yesterday at 11:42 PM How many appliances can you buy which are 3kW at 230V? Morqthana - I was Quoting someone else`s statement...
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ebee replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear.Yes indeed we were all taught that electricity is dangerous, hence things not needed were unplugged, especially at night or away from...
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ebee replied to the thread Changing world?."The man from UNCLE" and those amazing little pens they could use to talk to another agent somewhere else in the world, what next? we...
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ebee replied to the thread Interesting Regulation of Yesteryear."Plugs & sockets can often get warm & hot at 3kw = 13.4A at 230v." 3KW at the "real voltage of 240 v" is 12.5 amps. Off course when...
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Not just wall mounted - I remember, growing up, floor freestanding 2-bar electric fires, and the elements were just bare-wound on...
