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AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: TopLoser on October 08, 2022, 08:36:52 am ---3 floors, 450m2, 20+ rooms served by this. On the list of things to sort out…



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 :wtf: :scared:
Gyro:

--- Quote from: TopLoser on October 08, 2022, 08:36:52 am ---3 floors, 450m2, 20+ rooms served by this. On the list of things to sort out…

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Oh, that's pretty! Those are the old French ceramic screw-in fuses on that panel aren't they?

I would put that as number 1 on your list, otherwise any other work on your 3 floors may be redundant.  ;)


Edit: Oh it's you Toploser, I vaguely remember you posting that you were moving to France. You obviously bought something with character!
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on October 08, 2022, 02:51:07 am ---
--- Quote ---It could be (should be) considered a safety issue if the lack of selectivity causes a loss of lighting with no emergency lighting provision (which domestic properties don't have)
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But lighting circuits are now required to have rcd protection. welcome to one of the regs catch 22's

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I don't see the catch - it's been practical to use RCBOs or at a bare minimum a carefully populated dual RCD board for decades.
MLXXXp:
This is the breaker panel in the basement of my single-detached house in Toronto, Canada. Installed in 1988 but this panel model is still available and typical of modern installations. Each breaker just snaps in place and is held securely by the panel cover. The hot wires are screwed to the breakers and the neutrals and grounds are screwed to the panel (except for GFCI breakers, where the circuit neutral goes to the breaker, with a separate "pigtail" neutral lead from the breaker to the panel).

I recently added the 240V 40A circuit with a GFCI breaker at top right, for EV charging. The thin red and black wires twisted together, running down the right side and along the bottom (which are likely not to code), are tapped off of this new circuit and are intended for a voltage monitor, along with a clamp-on current transformer to monitor the current.

The rectangular silver thing on the outside right side is a 10VAC doorbell transformer.

The yogurt cup at the bottom is not permanent. It's holding the screws for the front cover :) The sticker behind it is the one on the cover in the next photo.
Circlotron:
When our place was built in late 1994 the standard offering was 240V 80A single phase. I asked how much extra for three phase? $200. Go for it! 3x60A fitted down the same underground pvc conduit so that’s what I got. Was doing a bit of work with motor control gear at the time, but never actually used all phases as intended, but hasn’t hurt having them.
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