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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 04, 2021, 10:18:32 am --- --- 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? --- End quote --- Yes, they just spliced into the existing short wire. There is no iso switch near the unit, that's the job of the new circuit breaker in the fuse box. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 04, 2021, 10:21:29 am --- --- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 04, 2021, 10:18:32 am --- --- 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? --- End quote --- Yes, they just spliced into the existing short wire. There is no iso switch near the unit, that's the job of the new circuit breaker in the fuse box. --- End quote --- Ah, right no iso at the unit. Ok. If it were my house I'd just put one in. They should have pulled the wire through to the A/C. That's up to shit. |
| LaserSteve:
Can you buy the parts and cable in Oz without a sparky ticket? As a rural home owner in the US, I'd fix that abomination myself, after having the lawyer and both county and township zoning inspectors out for a look. Even in lax rural Ohio that would get a ticket pulled or a fake sparkle fined. Steve |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 04, 2021, 10:21:29 am ---There is no iso switch near the unit, that's the job of the new circuit breaker in the fuse box. --- End quote --- Still doesn't comply with 4.19. Cowboys. E: And now I've seen the photo. Get a refund, hire a real electrician. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: LaserSteve on February 04, 2021, 01:53:11 pm ---Can you buy the parts and cable in Oz without a sparky ticket? --- End quote --- As far as I can tell, you can buy anything you like** - but using it in a fixed installation situation (such as this) will put you on the wrong side of the law, unless you have the appropriate licencing. ** Piggy-back plugs are, I believe, restricted - because you have geniuses who, if they have two on hand and no inline socket, use what they have to make up an "extension cord". :palm: |
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