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Is this Wiring Legal? (NSW)
noidea:
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--- 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.
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I am sure you can write off the cost of AS3000 for EEVBlog purposes, I suggest having a read of clauses 2.3.4.5 or 4.8.2.3 and 4.19 about Isolation switches. The requirement to have a lockable isolating switch adjacent to the air conditioner came in to play in the 2018.
Suggest to the other party that you are considering taking it up with your local regulator about getting the installation inspected but make sure there is no other dodgy wiring in your house or it could become a bigger issue than it is.
Barny:
I would take a look into the boxes in the attic.
I've the bad feeling that there are some little surprises hidden inside.
Like only twisted together and wrapped with electrical tape.
Naguissa:
OMG!
My house is smaller than yours, but take at look at this....
Main box:
Garage box (secondary box):
Meter and fuse are outside the house, ground is in backyard, with a connection box.
That's in Spain, a 2018 renewed installation.
P.D.: Labels are not mine, there're a lot of bad-spelled words on them...
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Naguissa on February 05, 2021, 02:34:35 pm ---That's in Spain, a 2018 renewed installation.
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Yes, they wouldn't instal la box like this now, but it was different in the 80's.
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 05, 2021, 09:46:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Naguissa on February 05, 2021, 02:34:35 pm ---That's in Spain, a 2018 renewed installation.
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Yes, they wouldn't instal la box like this now, but it was different in the 80's.
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Honestly you probably should have that old mess cleaned up, it's fairly horrifying. Especially with random wires sticking out. Also, who knows what's going on with all the grounds in that blob of tape and suffering.
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