Indeed - but that theoretically can 'go wrong' - so, if there is a switch, it makes sense for it to come before the fuse. Can you think of any advantage (or reason) for having the fuse before the switch (if there is one)?
Kind Regards, John
Kind Regards, John
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Yes I've had trouble with power breaker RCD FCUs
Yeah I've had trouble with both!
Maybe it's just me
Those power breaker RCD spurs go bang if you wire the line and load back to front. I did that once, when I was a little apprentice. It was at the time when the harmonised cable colours had just become available.
An old circuit was to be connected to the RCD spur and fed from a new feed. Through force of habit (and not paying attention!) I connected red and black to the supply terminals and blue and brown to the load terminals. Power on, pushed reset button. Power was supplied to the load, great! Pushed the test button, the bang was so loud and there were blast marks all over the front of the spur. Oops. It did trip when the test button was pushed, so I guess that's something!
An old circuit was to be connected to the RCD spur and fed from a new feed. Through force of habit (and not paying attention!) I connected red and black to the supply terminals and blue and brown to the load terminals. Power on, pushed reset button. Power was supplied to the load, great! Pushed the test button, the bang was so loud and there were blast marks all over the front of the spur. Oops. It did trip when the test button was pushed, so I guess that's something!
K
kai
It's cheap far eastern made tat again - real British Made stuff will no be so badly built/designed, and will withstand things that readily destroy far eastern stuff!
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MK. At least the majority of their range anyway. Don't use their breakers, so they may well be from the far east.
K
kai
Contactum do as far as I can recall.
Mk recently done a big advertising campaign to say made in uk, though up till then, stamped on most of it was "made in maylasia"
You would expect BG to be made here too
You would expect BG to be made here too
I think MK say engineered in the uk. All their accessories are now stamped as made in Malaysia. If you take a 1G switch purchased today and compare it with one from 10 years ago you can instantly see the difference in quality.
I can't find anything to say where BG is manufactured, but a page on their parent company nexus' website reveals a lot.
I can't find anything to say where BG is manufactured, but a page on their parent company nexus' website reveals a lot.
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