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will the neutral to earth fault trip the MCB?

Hello, I was wondering has anybody got any photos of 17th Edition Consumers they have done or seen, I would like to see how other people do theres. Thanks.

How does electricity work? In your lighting circuit i assume they are wired in parallel? how does it still work if a lamp blows and does your electricity flow back through to Neutral

What can they both detect? can an rcd detect live to earth faults? or how does it work? and what can the mcb detect?

Hello, i have a question for you all, I have narrowed it down to 1MCB that everytime it is switched on, it trips the RCD, I unplugged everything on the circuit what else could be causing that RCD to trip? Thanks.

18500 watts Pizza Oven, 415volts, what size of cable would i need for this and 3 Phase MCB?? Thanks

Hello does anybody know how Dali Lighting works? and it is wired? Just a general question incase anybody is wondering:)

I am wondering is there any possible way of doing this, I have for lights in a room and i need to use a motion sensor as well as a light switch, but the customer is asking if it is possible for the lights to come on even if the light switch is off, and if you were to leave the room the lights...

does anybody know off any good websites thats gives a detailed drawing of how to change a normal fluorescent to a emergency one?

hello you see when you do the Zs test, and on the top of the NICEIC, schedule of test results for the installation part at the top right hand corner it has asks for the Zs, and maximum prospective Fault current, i always thought that Zs is the whole system that has to be test, but yet the...

could anybody explain exactly what the RCD can detect, and how it works, what it monitors, and what can cause it it trip e.g different situations what can make it trip, and the same for an MCB??? whats the difference between them i can never get my head round what the differences are...

if a neutral of a supply for a circut is connected into the wrong neutral bar for that circuit, would it trip, everytime something was plugged into, as this is happening to me, would this problem be sorted if i was to put the neutral into the other neutral for that rcd side of the board or does...

hello everyone!! im getting confused as too what this means,ive been hearing about this 110volts transformers and that there is something to do with a centre tap and 55volts is that right could somebody please explain what is meant by this and do you have to take live,neutral and earth supply...

where about in the on-site guide 17th or the regs book do you find the section on what breaker is used or cables, how much current cables can take?? and where to choose breakers for circuits? cheers

does it matter what order the size of breakers go in, inside a consumer unit?

does it matter what order the size of breakers go in, inside a consumer unit?

hello could somebody explain to me how to test the thermostat and the heating elements on a immersion tank please thank you!

hello, could somebody tell me what switches is to be used when wiring and fitting out a kitchen e.g, for your microwave, dishwasher,washing machine, tumble dryer, is it 13amp switches with neons, 20amp switch, fuse onlys? whats the difference in them and how do you know which 1's to use where...

hello could somebody please explain to me how this would work, it is for two showers which are not supposed to work both at the same time, only one can be on at a time, thanks very much