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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 04, 2021, 09:36:45 am ---Did they fix the isolator up? --- End quote --- New dedicated wiring back to the mains fuse box and a dedicated circuit braker installed. It did cost me the cabling though as they claimed it was perfectly fine and legal to install into the existing mains power point wiring given the rating. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
Yeah but that Jbox abomination. The thing is, the bare single exposed conductors aside, I just don't like idea of pumping 10,16,20A through a plastic jbox. We are supposed to nail the bloody things to a fixture. The problem is the size of the actual AC connector and thus the size of the wire joint. A 42 deg day outside and that little box get hot hot hot. At least this way it does have a bit of air flow in the natural ventilation of your roof (if it's built right). You can fix it easily with a nice headshrinked join clipped to that stringer there. But I know you don't want to. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 04, 2021, 09:49:13 am ---Yeah but that Jbox abomination. The thing is, the bare single exposed conductors aside, I just don't like idea of pumping 10,16,20A through a plastic jbox. We are supposed to nail the bloody things to a fixture. --- End quote --- Yes it's supposed to be fixed, but no those boxes aren't an issue. |
| Syntax Error:
They cannot be serious? Like most EEVBlog followers, I was expecting to see this job rectified to standard, not botched even more. Did the guy pass the practical part of the Licensed Electrician's Assessment (LEA), and if so, who the hell was doing the assessment? I hope that black tape is to standard, and not from the same dubious quality dumpster as those plastic boxes? At least you now have the certified paperwork ;) |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 04, 2021, 10:08:16 am --- --- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 04, 2021, 09:49:13 am ---Yeah but that Jbox abomination. The thing is, the bare single exposed conductors aside, I just don't like idea of pumping 10,16,20A through a plastic jbox. We are supposed to nail the bloody things to a fixture. --- End quote --- Yes it's supposed to be fixed, but no those boxes aren't an issue. --- End quote --- Do I understand correctly? Did they drag a new wire through from the fuse box and stop short and join it in the roof instead of taking it all the way to iso switch? |
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