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ill keep you in the loop with this one!

sods law here, this will be one of my first jobs upon legally qualified, i knew this one would be an open wound ;o(O)

17th regs is that circuits need to be separately controlled so remaining circuits remain energised, says preferred arrangement is whole installation protected by 100ma RCD and install a split load protecting the sockets with a 30ma RCD , ill check for an Earth Electrode and install one at the...

thanks for the post Eric, i can't touch anything yet, until I'm qualified , i will be looking at the NICEIC domestic installer scheme , and a job like this would be a great one for assessment when the time comes, ill keep you all in the loop

thanks for all your replys, the house is a friend of ours and i will have a closer inspection on that earth John. anyway a bit about myself i studied electrical installation C&G 236 pt1 quite a while ago, and worked on domestics, I've been out of the game but have decided to invest in myself and...

80A RCD 0.03ma protecting every gang on the CU in this

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there were 2 cables running from the street pylon to the house (i presume phase and neutral), then that ran into some partitioned external stud work and 3 cables on th either side, i could not get access to the external stud work so i guess the phase has just been split and the neutral ran solo...

so this is a TT system but no earth rod installed so a total cowboy or girl job back in the 90s, it has no earthing whatsoever even to bonding! also why the 2 connected incoming cables to N and Live but the thirds not connected just terminated at the service fuse? whats that 3rd cable a second...

this is the set up, also an old consumer protected by a standalone rcd, very confusing here the street supply showed 2 cables coming in then it went to 3? the 3 Browns as seen, no earth rod present as is required for a TT,well maybe back then the RCD was suffice

Hi folks is this a TT system! 3 cables in live to main fuse out to meter next straight to neutral on meter , and the other just goes to other black main fuse and nothing out!