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trevskoda said:
Your right as today I was wiring up my new 10 k/watt electric shower to a live terminal without switching off the power, I felt like a ww2 bomb disposal officer.
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Why would you not turn it off ????
 
Fazerloz said:
If it came down to a choice of job or vaccine I think many would then choose to have the vaccine like they would if it was the difference between been able to board a plane for hols or not.
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Ok. You'll be pleased to hear most of them I know of are having/had it anyway.
 
st3v3 said:
Why would you not turn it off ????
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My son was on xbox and wife cooking, doing so is cert death, anyway as not touching any earth and only slipping the red into the box and tighten the scree its ok, when the lecky board changed my mani fuse the chap worked it live, he just said to touch me when touching any earth and its ok, remember the birds sitting on live power lines, just dont tell them. :eek:
 
trevskoda said:
My son was on xbox and wife cooking, doing so is cert death, anyway as not touching any earth and only slipping the red into the box and tighten the scree its ok, when the lecky board changed my mani fuse the chap worked it live, he just said to touch me when touching any earth and its ok, remember the birds sitting on live power lines, just dont tell them. :eek:
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Shower and sockets on different circuits surely?
 
Yes i had to connect the new trip to 3 black boxes which are on the tails coming out of the meter, these tails have 3 spaces in them for a gen and stuff like a new trip box as mine, double fuse/trip, one for shower 63amp and one 32a for garage, garage was orig fitted to the old style fuse box to which i will be changing down the line.
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trevskoda said:
Yes i had to connect the new trip to 3 black boxes which are on the tails coming out of the meter, these tails have 3 spaces in them for a gen and stuff like a new trip box as mine, double fuse/trip, one for shower 63amp and one 32a for garage, garage was orig fitted to the old style fuse box to which i will be changing down the line.View attachment 92287View attachment 92288View attachment 92289
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OK, so you were connecting a new consumer unit, I understand. I hope you've got a fireproof grommet in the bottom :)

Your tails look thin too...
 
I live in a pretty small isolated community, an island nation, a bit like mainland U.K. but lots smaller. We first went into lockdown in March 2019. Strict travel restrictions were put in place (both in and out). We came out of lockdown in June 2019.

My son and daughter in law came home to live because of the freedom and had to quarantine for 14 days in a rented flat at their own expense and guess what, they were checked up on. We had to drop groceries to their door. Because we have our own government, emergency powers were implemented to tighten up border control.

All terrible stuff, big brother dictating what we can and cannot do, civil liberties and human rights trampled all over (some might say). My best guess is that our prison has locked up well over 20 idiots since last March who thought their selfish needs outweighed the safety of our community. Most got 4 weeks inside in solitary confinement. As you might expect, the more clued up of these numpties got lawyers involved and claimed breach of human rights because of their solitary confinement. Ever selfish and without concern for the safety of other prisoners, their families, staff or their families! The U.K. media loved it and mostly distortorted facts. All cases thrown out because human rights work both ways....... thankfully.

Our government decided to implement a circuit break lockdown three weeks ago when community cases were identified (won’t point the finger), but today we have gained our freedom again after a total lockdown, all restrictions lifted and we can now visit son and daughter in law as well as heavily pregnant daughter and partner.

My point is that community spirit does still exist and sometimes harsh measures are warranted to protect exactly that. It’s a real pity that policing in many parts of the U.K. has been seduced by recent political movements intent on deflecting news and getting away with breaking the law.

Oh and by the way, both Pfizer vaccinated and feeling fine.

The only thing I’ll be trying to break this year is the new lithium system...lol
 
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st3v3 said:
OK, so you were connecting a new consumer unit, I understand. I hope you've got a fireproof grommet in the bottom :)

Your tails look thin too...
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6mm rated to 63amps, my shower uses 44ah leaving me 19ah for garage if used together, but i will never be using both together and am covered for the 60% rule.
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witzend said:
Exactly now you got it
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Everyone has choice, but all deflection aside, everyone pulling together and doing exactly what is needed for the common good actually does work. I‘m too young to remember the second world war, but not too old to have forgotten what was needed for the common good during that time. Correct, no guarantee, just facts, use them and be safe. More importantly, help make others safe.
 
**** said:
Everyone has choice, but all deflection aside, everyone pulling together and doing exactly what is needed for the common good actually does work. I‘m too young to remember the second world war, but not too old to have forgotten what was needed for the common good during that time. Correct, no guarantee, just facts, use them and be safe. More importantly, help make others safe.
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Your island has undoubtedly got it right. UK could have done it but no real effort put into it and far too many who think that rules only apply to others and they can make up their own safety. Hotel quarantine and jail for rule breakers are the only way to the position that you are in. Enjoy your amazing freedom as you emerge from lockdown.
 
trevskoda said:
Yes i had to connect the new trip to 3 black boxes which are on the tails coming out of the meter, these tails have 3 spaces in them for a gen and stuff like a new trip box as mine, double fuse/trip, one for shower 63amp and one 32a for garage, garage was orig fitted to the old style fuse box to which i will be changing down the line.View attachment 92287View attachment 92288View attachment 92289
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Looks like your meter is connected 😂

Edit:- Sorry started reading from the last page first.
 
st3v3 said:
Jesus. That has to be 25mm2 here, irrespective of what it's feeding. The reason being, the main distributor fuse is often 100A and the cables need to be able to handle that in the event of a fault.
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Its a sub box and not the main one of which is feed by big fat cables for all the other house stuff, look at the picture again.
 
trevskoda said:
Its a sub box and not the main one of which is feed by big fat cables for all the other house stuff, look at the picture again.
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This is all well and good but I am a little concerned about the fireproof grommet in his bottom that was talked about earlier. The vindaloo paradox?
 
trevskoda said:
Its a sub box and not the main one of which is feed by big fat cables for all the other house stuff, look at the picture again.
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Let's say your new box gets a short inside it between live and neutral. How much current will flow through your 6mm cables?
 
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