Fuse box wiring issue

[Darren Carmichael]

I have reccently installed a new fuse box one part ordinary one par

protected by RCD, it worked fine for a lwhile then something poppe when I installed a double switched light. Now none of the circuits wor when put across the ordinary section of the fuse box they only work whe they are across the RCD, and when ever I try to put them into the usua section of the circuit the RCD cuts out. Any answers? and how is the RCD connected to the ordinary fuse section. HELP PLEASE?? Darre

-- Darren Carmichael

[Christian McArdle]

Probably you are connecting the neutrals to the wrong place.

P.S. Are you sure you should be working on consumer units?

Christian.

[Darren Carmichael]

Neutrals are connected to the right place I think.

I have a degree in physics and a masters in electronics, I would b chuckled out of the institute of Physicists If I couldn't do my ow electrics. And gues what it seems I can'

-- Darren Carmichael

[Dave Stanton]

Not being nasty, but I have seen people with Electronics degrees who could not solder to save their lives and one who was brilliant at semiconductor design who could not drill a staight hole.

Dave

[Dave Plowman (News)]

*Fuse* box? ;-)

Split load CUs have two neutral busses. It's essential the correct one is used for each individual circuit.

[Set Square]

And you managed all that without being able to write proper English - wow!

[Darren Carmichael]

Set square and dave stanton,

If all your here for is to attack then I hope you had fun and pleas continue as its your time you will waste and not mine Darren dave powman many thanks will think about that one. Darre

-- Darren Carmichael

[Dave Stanton]

Darren, stop being a tosser and reread the post again, notice the at the end, know what it means, said with humour and a smile. Get a life mate.

Dave

[Darren Carmichael]

wasn't tring to be a tosser dave just trying to get help from helpfu

people, lf your one of them many thanks to you sir and sorry for an misunderstanding. I don't know what G means sorry new to the site, :- ;-D Daz

-- Darren Carmichael

[Set Square]

If you read all my posts to this NG, I think you will find most of them helpful.

However, it gets my goat when people claiming to have academic qualifications demonstrate a poor standard of literacy - particularly when they can't even spell the professional institution to which they claim to belong!

[zymurgy]

He'd go down a storm in some of the other more 'robust' groups out there :-)

P.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I've never quite understood why people claim qualifications on newsgroups in early posts - after all it can't usually be proved either way, and sod's law says they will always make some fundamental mistake they will live to regret. Of course once they've established some form of track record it's interesting to know what they earn a living at.

[Bob Mannix]

Quite. I have a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FWIW) and would never claim it qualified me to prognosticate on electrical installation work in the home, mainly because such qualifications absolutely DON'T! The only qualifications for such work are reading the appropriate standards, taking advice from other people you trust, watching people who know what they are doing and experience (including mistakes), absolutely none of which do you get at university!

[Mark Carver]

Yes spot on. On my Electrical and Electronic Engineering course there was a chap who excelled brilliantly in all the exams. One afternoon we were doing some practical work, he came over to me clutching a resistor. "which way round do you insert this on the veroboard ?" he asked. Without batting an eyelid I replied " you put the gold band nearest the edge". Off he went to do so. I wonder what he's doing now ? :-)

[usenet]

Exactly! I did my Electrical Engineering degree in the 1960s at Bristol University. As you say Bob an Electrical Engineering course has nothing whatsoever to say about your competance to do electrical wiring safely. I very rarely tout my qualifications when discussing stuff here as I just don't see the relevance (and it's boring, see my sig with all the bits added, probably in the wrong order).

[Darren Carmichael]

Nice to see your having fun, the problem fixed now thanks to those wh

helped. If anyone actualy bothered to read the post I put that m physics degree was no help with the problem what so ever, and in trut I have learnt more about household wiring from this experience than ever did on that degree, which was lots of quantum theory, semiconduco theory, astrophysics and relativity. Not much use when you wiring house but actually a hinderance as you think you should be able to d it, well its done now and thanks to those who gave advice

-- Darren Carmichael

[usenet]

I wonder if you can find a good way to learn spelling as well.