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Post by bish on Sept 6, 2016 17:06:06 GMT
click1985 it is normal to have cracks in plaster work as the house starts to settle but I would suggest it is not normal to have crack lines throughout brick work or breeze blocks. Without seeing any pictures it's difficult to comment properly but I would suggest you need to get Harron to review and potentially consider a 3rd party review. Do you have your building regulations certificate for the house?
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Post by rachael on Sept 6, 2016 22:15:19 GMT
A little bit of good news for a change. Glad to hear it!
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Post by p185 on Sept 7, 2016 8:21:01 GMT
I discovered last night that my garage electric sockets installed by Barron won't run an electric saw (diy type new out of the box) without immediately tripping the fuse box. It runs on when plugged into the house supply direct. What do you think, fault or "feature"?
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Post by chris1983 on Sept 7, 2016 12:08:57 GMT
does it trip the entire RCD or just a single MCB? is your garage wiring on a seperate MCB to the rest of the house?
It could be a number of things.
A fault in the wiring in the Garage socket - this would likely trip the RCD
Or if the garage sockets are on a separate MCB it may be a low current MCB or a a Type not rated for the Power Saw. Most domestic MCBs are Type B which are very Sensitive to large electrical items (Type A is the most sensitive) It may be that you need a Type C for your power saw if its a high powered saw that has a high in rush current demand.
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Post by p185 on Sept 7, 2016 17:57:01 GMT
Yes we have a detached garage with a little fuse box inside for the lights and the sockets. Seems of to me, the one place to play with tools is the garage isn't it, oh well 😉
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Post by chris1983 on Sept 7, 2016 20:21:46 GMT
Yes we have a detached garage with a little fuse box inside for the lights and the sockets. Seems of to me, the one  place to play with tools is the garage isn't it, oh well 😉 Yeah you would have expected that. Unless it's connected to the house via a low power capacity cable and therefore fitted with small mcbs/rcd What rating are the mcb's and rcds? And what class? A, b, c or d. It should read something like B16, B32, C16, C32 etc. If the Mcbs are suitably rated for the saw then it could be a wiring fault in the garage. Chris |
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Post by bish on Sept 11, 2016 19:06:26 GMT
Yes we have a detached garage with a little fuse box inside for the lights and the sockets. Seems of to me, the one place to play with tools is the garage isn't it, oh well 😉 Hi p185Can you check the fuse limits inside the fuse box in your garage? It may just be 5 amps if it's just for lighting. Your saw will power hungry and exceed 5 amps. |
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