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On a Schneider RCBO is a yellow label above the bottom left terminal which states " When Line connected to bottom side " with a warning triangle. The text cannot be seen when the RCBO is mounted adjacent to other devices. What is the significance of this poorly translated text? The data sheet has no...

iControl training manual attached. The "iControl programming manual"is 13MB so is too large for here. Get in touch if required.

Sorry, I neglected to post the reply from HMP Legrand: Please find programming and installation manuals attached. This range is now obsolete for us however a Sydney based company called Paelex holds the rights and can supply parts if required: http://paelex.com.au The iControl system pre-dates LED l...

A small shed on a carport requires power for 1 power point and 3 lights. I don't know if the owner prefers overhead or underground cable route yet for the 3m gap between the house and shed. Please can someone let me know if there is a minimum cable size to a sub-main? From 3.12.2.2 it looks like 6mm...

A handy range of accessories would be insulated busbars for the various common strip connectors that out wholesalers stock.

I'm sure we've all tired of making loops of wire jumping from one terminal to the next.

Does anyone know of anything available?

I have to fit a switched socket for a top loading washing machine in the bathroom of a small 1 bed flat. Do the Damp Situation zones for water containers apply to the top loading washing machine? I assume not as normal use is with the lid closed, similar to the shower zone measurements are with the ...

I was recently asked to help solve lighting flicker on 1 circuit on a 12 year old (approx) home that has HPM iControl H2F2 for switching and dimming the lighting. I have not been to this home before and was told that the original halogen lamps had been replaced with LED and suitable transformers. I ...

Thank you very much AlecK for the considerable time you have spent helping me. Sorry I neglected to include additional information such as the main supply and loads. The property is a small church. Main supply is 25mm NS, approximately 30m long, mostly buried to the meter box then 0.6m of 16mm's to ...

I have a job where there is a 40 m long 2 phase sub-main power supply to a building, installed about 1965. The cable configuration is: 1 x single core 16 sq.mm cable with 2 layers of insulation 1 x 2 core 16 sq.mm screened cable with 1 phase, 1 neutral and the screen is earth. Run underground, enclo...

The job was easier than I thought. Steps which may help someone else: Remove the 2 screws at the top corners of the open oven. Close the door to save working around it. Remove the oven vent tube at the rear of the cooking surface. Remove the sheet metal panel at the back and the 4 additional screws ...

I have a new element to fit to a F&P ceramic cooktop oven, About 2004 model, Saffron, model number FPRA6102MEWS, 87612 MEM108288. Does anyone have the instructions for the replacement? I've only done older elements and any help to save time for this one would be very helpful thanks. F&P don't have a...

This document from ECANZ FAQ may help as well: Q12012_Bonding-of-sinks-and-exposed-metal-work.

Agree, it's an alternative but a last resort I think. It's a full 30 way DB (20m away) and I would not trust a din rail mounted contactor in there so it require an external box. The contactor coil would be energised full-time so will eventually fail. Unlikely, but if the contacts welded together the...

Further to the topic - Schneider Customer Care replied that the PDL647 cannot be installed horizontally and referred to their page here: https://www.se.com/nz/en/faqs/FA172044/ . But there is no explanation. Interlec Australia Pty Ltd replied that yes, they can send me items. In the 45A 'cooker' ran...

This has been discussed a long time ago I think however I forgot the answer. Is the PDL647 (40A oven switch) able to be installed horizontally? I have a 90cm F&P oven with induction cook top to wire in to a renovation. Max load is 63A so am using the allowed 40A figure (Table C4). The splash back is...

.... removing the requirement to label the MEC at swbd end was a backward step I didn't know it had been changed and have always put a main earth tag at the DB. The inspector I worked with also did this and I can see no reason, given the trivial cost, of not doing it. Thanks as always for your help...

I found a main earth attached to the steel pipe feeding water to the concrete header tank. Long before I spotted it the house had been concerted to another type of water supply and the steel pipe had been cut on the 'ground' side of the earth clamp. Thus the main earth was clamped to about 1m of ste...

For a repair I'd recommend contacting Dave at PC Anytime: https://www.pcanytime.co.nz/assets/contact/contact.htm

He writes the Servicemans articles in Silicon Chip magazine.

Thank you very much to the The NZ Electrical Inspectors Association for the Mains Check and Test Sheets made freely available here: https://nzeia.com/page-18070/8938766 . This is the first in a series of Test Sheets which will be issued to support the competency and consistency of electrical inspect...

Are they able to consider gas hobs? And night rate only hot water?

By 'quoting' I mean the senseless copying of vast amounts of text from the post immediately above. It happens a lot on some other forums like www.fishnhunt.co.nz or www.offroadexpress.kiwi and often includes the photos as well. After all, when having a discussion in real life we don't repeat the wor...

Can we have a rule please to not copy (quote) the most recent post?