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Thanks very much for your help plugwash. Regarding the RCDs, this is exactly what happened last night and has happened a few times before. Of course though like I said, somebody they had come round when the owners mentioned the tripping just went and replaced the 30ma with a 100ma RCD! If...

HI Everybody!!! Need some help asap really: (sorry what follows is rather long) Where I work as a KP, the wiring situation is as follows: Supply comes in, underground cable single phase-looks like TNCS or TNS. From meter, tails go to Wylex RCD 100ma trip-not time delayed by looks of...

Would it be as good as to say that since these new boards (dual RCD) will suffice for TT systems? I hope not since I have a Wylex split load CU with a TD RCD and I was thinking what if the RCD required replacing at some point?-I am not prepared to put the mains switch back and replace all...

I have to this evening, although I did consider swapping tonight with somebody else and work another night but it looks like I couldn't due to a shortage of staff. Oh well, I still might be getting a few drinks on the house tonight when I've finished my shift. Does anybody else here...

How would anybody else feel about this? I think he is more down to earth and read somebody else's comment that he certainly has the guts for the job.

Thank you everybody for your comments and ideas. I am glad to see a few people on here understanding what I am saying regarding the ban. I am not necessarily saying the rule should be scrapped altogether but as one person has said, needs to be relaxed before it is too late for the pub...

Don't get me wrong, I know it may be healthier to be in a smoke free environment and less smell etc, but personally when I am in a pub I cannot now seem to feel relaxed and have a good conversation anymore since half of the people are always having to go outside. I have heard about large...

I had always simply been told to take away your birth year from the current year (although this does not actually take into account if you have had your birthday yet in the current year)

After reading at least a couple of topics elsewhere on RCDs/RCBOs etc going bang and smoking when pressing the test button, isn't the test button linked between the phase and neutral contacts internally via a high value resistor to create an imbalance? If so, then my theory on this is the...

I wear a contact lens and I say lens since I only need it in the one eye (left eye). Since when I was younger my right eye started taking over my left eye and I started wearing glasses at a young age and was told I would need to wear them regularly until about the age of fifteen. I carried on...

Thank You everybody, OK then. Will Time Delay RCDs still be available? I hope so since I fitted a Wylex split load board in my home in 2004 (seriously, before the following January :lol: :roll:..... ) with a 30mA for sockets etc and a 100mA TD for everything else (TT system) so what I...

HI Everyone Just wanted to know a few things with all this talk regarding extra RCD protection etc, Are the regulations saying that all circuits etc ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE protected? Are standard split load boards still going to be permitted? What about TT systems with Time Delay RCDs...

HI All Sorry for the delay in replying, there is a maintenance guy who works there and I think is actually a qualified electrician who I could perhaps have a word with but I very rarely see him when I work there. Many Thanks Everybody

What I am saying is could it be due to a volt drop on a PEN conductor resulting in a slight rise of voltage on earthed metalwork say? As for working with unprotected wounds, when I cut my finger Ihad it bandaged at first then had a plaster on and worked with a rubber glove. It has since...

Hello Everybody A week ago today now, I cut my finger at work in the sink on a chipped piece of plate and it bled a lot(I work as a kitchen porter). Anyway tonight (Friday) it is only slightly tender but whenever I touch the sink which is earth bonded or any other metal appliance such as...

OK just for everybody to know, what happened is one night in my parents house I saw the light flicker slightly in the sitting room with a hissing/buzzing sound coming from the CU. The next morning I got up and went into the shower, finished washing myself and was about to turn it off until it...

Wat a very odd thing to be asking about as a matter of interest. So what? You do realise that Schedule 2B 1(b) says "replacing a damaged cable for a single circuit only"? Just asking out of interest.... :wink: I was generally more interested about how difficult big a job...

If this happens is it always a big nightmare job since if it is damaged severely on the inside or burntout it may not be just a case of fitting a new CU but also replacing all the cables running from it here there and everywhere round the house? Just asking out of a matter of interest...

On a different subject though, I was looking at the news regarding Scarlett on my mobile phone a few weeks back and to cut a long story short, it said something like Scarlett aged 15 and went to say something about her boyfriend aged 25!!!!!! nothing suspicious but think about it a man of 25 and...

Sorry Moderator and everyone, I had just come home frm a night shift at work and was a bit drunk and got annoyed about the quote etc going wrong for me like always when I try to do them.