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Erm... that's the point I'm making. Earthing can't "become TN-S" unless there is a separate earth wire in the feed cable. Perhaps the author is si...
Hmmm. That's not what the author is claiming. You can't implement an earthing arrangement which is always TN-S (ie based on Separate Earth & Neu...
I want to run this past my DNO engineering manager. That article states The earthing arrangement of most EESS in island mode, where the installati...
Can you clarify those interesting comments please @rob99 ? Does that point about MCS also apply to your proposed PV & Battery installations?If y...
Victron operate in the renewable-energy theatre in the same way as Apple do in digital electronics. It's well designed and expensive.Once you go dow...
Yes @astranger you're ok to use the Growatt SPF5000ES with no solar, and it can't export.There's also an SPF6000ES announced, but it's only had a limi...
I may not appear to be responding directly to what you post @steevjobut I am reading every point you've written to ensure that I cover it within my on...
Let me provide the background detail which shows the electricity supply used for the majority of the UK population. Protective Multiple Earth (PME) ...
I've run those pole numbers (and variations thereof) through NGEDs entire database of substations and that pattern of naming doesn't occur @steevjoSo ...
Ah yes - I can see it: Rear of Steevjo's Field - Code? - Couldn't Arrange 1 😉 So what's the number on the next pole?
There will still be a substation number plate on that pole. Every pole on the grid is numbered, even if it has no transformer and no wires currently...
If you gave me the ID number of your local substation, I can actually check the 440v feeds from it to see what earthing is already installed by WPD/NG...
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