EDIT THE B****Y THING!
electric outlets (ringmain spur etc) (WITH PICS) please help
- Thread starter GreekEnigma
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Just a quick query guys, I've never done any work on a mobile, but do building regs apply on them?, they are prefabricated structures that are mobile like a portakabin, obviously there will be fire standards etc but do they come under building control?
As I say not something i've ever worked on just curious.
As I say not something i've ever worked on just curious.
yeah ill just use a battery with a tourch bulb tomorrow as my tester is somewhere here lol
so ill just do a lil light test that will do the trick
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i said that in the beginning lol (although could be a radial carring on from socket to the last socket)
thats why i thought u was causing issues
2 wires indicate ring, but as a mobile home i wanted to be safe so ill do a test between the 2 lives and if i get a beep i can rest assure it is 100% a ring circuit its cause its a mobilehome n old i dnt trust it so im being safe
thanks anyway
That post was sarcasm. Just because two wires are present doesn't mean it's a ring, let alone an intact one. Two wires indicate nothing other than the presence of two wires.
read again ma8
i state it could be a radial as it could be a radial without junction boxes just useing the sockets instead thats why i will deff check
thats why i said in the begining of the post im assuming until i test
Facts:
Ring final circuits can't be tested properly with a battery and bulb
Two wires with continuity between them does NOT mean it is a ring
GreekEnigma already knows what they have done is shoddy and dangerous, so clearly will continue to do whatever they like regardless of any information provided here.
Ring final circuits can't be tested properly with a battery and bulb
Two wires with continuity between them does NOT mean it is a ring
GreekEnigma already knows what they have done is shoddy and dangerous, so clearly will continue to do whatever they like regardless of any information provided here.
Not if someone has accidentally wired the ring into a figure of 8 it wont be. It was my understanding that you need to test resistance of L1N2 and L2N1 at the CU to determine whether its a true ring?
THought so:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/8.4.2.htm
Now that somone has done the hard job of remembering which is the Enter key on his keyboard, and put line breaks in there for you, how about you bringing all your powers of concentration to bear on writing in English?
Were that not so laughably and obviously untrue as to make it utterly impossible for anyone to be misled by your false assertion I'd call you a liar.
As it is you are just a dangerous, incompetent and delusional fool, and I hope for your Mum's sake that some kind of feelings of responsibility kick in and you get an electrician before you kill the old dear.
I really need to start using [sarcasm] tags.
Soz!
Soz!
No. It could be a 20amp radial with other sockets attached.
So you'll look at the back of the socket. there are two cables attached. It could be
a ring final
a socket in the middle of a radial string
a spur from a ring that has another spur off it.
a string of sockets that are fed from a 13A FCU somewhere
etc
etc
etc
you WILL NOT be able to determine that by simply looking at the number of wires in the back of a socket and seeing if there is a 30 amp CPD (more likely 32A) in the fusbox.
So you'll look at the back of the socket. there are two cables attached. It could be
a ring final
a socket in the middle of a radial string
a spur from a ring that has another spur off it.
a string of sockets that are fed from a 13A FCU somewhere
etc
etc
etc
you WILL NOT be able to determine that by simply looking at the number of wires in the back of a socket and seeing if there is a 30 amp CPD (more likely 32A) in the fusbox.
WOW
EVERYONE IS SO RUDE ON THIS FORUM
ANYWAY
i took face off consumer unit 2x2.5 on 30 amp
added a fused spur to my setup
and will be doing the other to in the other 2 rooms extending on the ringmain
like i said i usually just extend a ringmain whereever the closet outlet is then go from new to next old aka extending ringmain where ever needed
anyway i rang my uncle who used to be a electrician to pop round and check
ALL IS GOOD
anyway im deleting my account this forum is to rude
thanks to the veryfew who were helpfull
all that needed answering was
1.check its a ringmain
2.1 spur only if more needed just add a fused spur
Simple as that!
but again thanks to the few that was helpful
byes
EVERYONE IS SO RUDE ON THIS FORUM
ANYWAY
i took face off consumer unit 2x2.5 on 30 amp
added a fused spur to my setup
and will be doing the other to in the other 2 rooms extending on the ringmain
like i said i usually just extend a ringmain whereever the closet outlet is then go from new to next old aka extending ringmain where ever needed
anyway i rang my uncle who used to be a electrician to pop round and check
ALL IS GOOD
anyway im deleting my account this forum is to rude
thanks to the veryfew who were helpfull
all that needed answering was
1.check its a ringmain
2.1 spur only if more needed just add a fused spur
Simple as that!
but again thanks to the few that was helpful
byes
Unless you have carried out the test specified above using specialist equipment, you havent done this. If your mum puts a significant load on the cabling, there is a good chance you will cause short, possibly a fire due to the wires being underrated and overheating.
If you have family in the business, get them to carry out a test on the circuit. If your mum ends up a crispy critter in her mobile home funeral pyre dont come back whining on here that you werent warned.
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