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Is this Wiring Legal? (NSW)

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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.

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Yes it's supposed to be fixed, but no those boxes aren't an issue.

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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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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.

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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.

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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?

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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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