Consumer Units, RCDs, MCBOs

176 topics in this forum

1. cable through to exterior- conduit required?

   By jpadie, March 28, 2024
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   • Trojan
   • March 29, 2024

2. Main breaker tripping

   By Declan52, March 24, 2024
   • 19 replies
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   • Alan Ambrose
   • March 28, 2024

3. Positioning new CU, best CU, connecting CU to meter 1 2

   By Del-inquent, March 22, 2024
   • 25 replies
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   • Del-inquent
   • March 28, 2024

4. Joining 16mm2 conductors

   By jpadie, March 21, 2024
   • 6 replies
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   • jpadie
   • March 22, 2024

5. How many conductors allowed in the 100A breaker?

   By jpadie, March 21, 2024
   • 1 reply
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   • ProDave
   • March 21, 2024

6. repairing a nicked conductor

   By jpadie, March 20, 2024
   • 8 replies
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   • FuerteStu
   • March 20, 2024

7. How to terminate SWA

   By jpadie, March 8, 2024
   • 17 replies
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   • jpadie
   • March 10, 2024

8. RCBO Failure

   By John Carroll, March 6, 2024
   • 9 replies
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   • Mattg4321
   • March 10, 2024

9. Laptop charger trips

   By Chriswills, March 5, 2024
   • 3 replies
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   • Chriswills
   • March 5, 2024

10. SBS Trade Sales Cease Trading

    By Onoff, March 4, 2024
    • 14 replies
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    • Onoff
    • March 5, 2024

11. Moving from temp site connection to newly built house - SWA Cores/Size

    By TonyE, February 6, 2024
    • 10 replies
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    • kandgmitchell
    • February 22, 2024

12. Condensation in electric meter box

    By Packman, January 25, 2024
    • 2 replies
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    • Packman
    • January 25, 2024

13. Meter tails, that aren't meter tails...

    By HughF, January 11, 2024
    • 5 replies
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    • HughF
    • January 15, 2024

14. Electric shower trips RCBO intermittently, Shower unit faulty or RCBO? 1 2

    By ks6788, January 3, 2024
    • 28 replies
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    • dpmiller
    • January 4, 2024

15. Location of Domestic Fuse Box

    By AndrewR, December 26, 2023
    • 2 replies
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    • SteamyTea
    • December 27, 2023

16. EV Charger Connection position?

    By Steve1309, December 18, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
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    • Mattg4321
    • December 18, 2023

17. SP MCBs

    By jpadie, December 15, 2023
    • 2 replies
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    • jpadie
    • December 15, 2023

18. Fused isolator for 3 phase

    By Fernicarry, December 2, 2023
    • 6 replies
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    • FuerteStu
    • December 3, 2023

19. Do I need to run an earth cable to house?

    By gavztheouch, November 20, 2023
    • 3 replies
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    • gavztheouch
    • November 21, 2023

20. RCBO for Mitsubishi Ecodan (11.2kW)

    By MortarThePoint, September 18, 2023
    • 11 replies
    • 3k views
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    • Onoff
    • October 27, 2023

21. Consumer unit placement and clearances

    By Del-inquent, September 21, 2023
    • 8 replies
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    • Del-inquent
    • September 26, 2023

22. Emergency Power Supply (EPS) Switchover - which loads to select? How to detect powerfail?

    By puntloos, September 13, 2023
    • 13 replies
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    • Onoff
    • September 21, 2023

23. EV Charger MCB sanity check please?

    By carlosdeanos, September 20, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
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    • TonyT
    • September 20, 2023

24. New meter

    By kandgmitchell, August 7, 2023
    • 9 replies
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    • kandgmitchell
    • September 6, 2023

25. CU upgrade rented property

    By Alexphd1, August 17, 2023
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • ProDave
    • August 18, 2023