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Not easily. Almost 5-years ago I had an email exchange with a couple of Chinese trip manufacturers. That was instigated by me needing to understan...
Well it's enough of an issue that both B-curve and C-curve MCBs are readily available. The choice of the trip-time curve isn't related to the cable,...
I can say that all RCDs are bi-directional. MCBs for AC circuits are normally OK to use bi-directionally, but the trip-time might not be within spec...
There are reputable sellers of 'old' trips here in UK. Circuit Breakers and Willrose Electrical are worthy of recommendation. Both companies buy s...
Let me re-post the diagram at full size The left-most contact is the supply to the test button itself. This is opened when the two main contacts...
You can of course, have any manufacturers' trips installed. They don't need to be the same as those you already have. Sometimes the 'height' of the ...
That doesn't sound 'right' to me. The national Smart Meter Network doesn't work like that! Within urban areas each Smart Meter has a SKU1 Communic...
We assume that 'electrician' was a UKPN engineer @eliuccio I wonder what triggered that visit to your neighbour.Perhaps they've put in an applicatio...
We don't have time-stamps on those screenshots, nor do we know the parameters you've configured to set the times for charging from solar or grid. Ve...
Are Indevolt reading this topic? Can we hear from them what they mean by 'islanding'?A diagram would be great 🙂 This could be a word whic...
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