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You’ve had the boys **** up there connections as well ayeQuote:
Originally Posted by Vern
That one was the last time I left the guys to sort out the array wiring
I pulled an arc almost a meter[emoji90]
Should’ve felt the heat coming off that one, I didn’t need to hit the tanning salon that day[emoji1531]
The guys there that day still call me the magician
Arcs and sparks like Merlin 🧙
Yes in Qld we have pole fuses,isolates the mains to the house,and obviously the house.Easy to undo and drops it all off.
Commercial premises have them as well,often 3 phase.
The place we have in NSW,there is no pole fuse,just a large 100A or it could be 80A i think it is, fuse in the meter box.No protection from pole to our meter box which seems a bit odd.
So to isolate everything,a wire at the pole would have to be disconnected while alive i presume.
Unless there is a switch on the pole,but i cant see one.
Well... there u go, I had always thought what we do here in Qld on the LV network would be the same across the country as it just makes sense to have a fuse at every consumers Mains which makes isolating the Customer's Premise easy and protects the service cable as well. Not having a fuse at a customers premise is very dangerous if there was a short circuit as u would have the distribution Transformers fault current just pumping into the short circuit until it just melted the wire or caused a fire. It just doesn't make sense... but there u go, nothing is built to the same standard across the country...Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
We have the fuseQuote:
Originally Posted by Robmacca
Just protecting the meter
If they disconnect your power, all they do is remove the fuse
That’s the set up on our place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robmacca
50a fuse on the corner of the house supply, larger units visible at the “pole”
So no protection from pole to meter box,same as NSW?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gav 110
I would much rather a pole fuse,but i am no expert.
We have blown a few over the years.....[bighmmm]
i remember being with a tradie when i was an apprentice,at a picture theatre,full of people.
We were fixing the AC,and blew a pole fuse,well two out of the 3, 3 phase.[bigsad][biggrin]
That day became rather interesting[biggrin]
Nowadays all unprotected consumers mains that run through roof spaces have to be run in HD conduit. Older places it wasn’t a requirement so conflicts with new laws where we must isolate the wiring in the roof space if you need to enter for work, all trades not just electricians.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
I’ve found a few old places with contactors put in the consumer mains and being controlled by the main switch, free power taken off the dead side of contactor.
I’ve been out to a few **** ups over they years, usually taking out shopping centres 🤭
I’ve been called out to jobs where fridgies have replaced burnt out terminal strips with earth/neutral links🤣🤣
And can’t work out why it goes bang every time they turn the breaker back on
Eventually when the whole shopping Center goes out, call god, oops I mean an electrician
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Can't comment on your set-up, but I know with the Enerdrive set-up in our caravan Enerdrive recommends using 70amp fuses with its 40 amp DC-DC charger and unregulated solar panels. Also recommends 70amp fuses both ends of the vehicle-caravan Anderson plugs connection.Quote:
Originally Posted by Floydo
Wouldn't it be a better idea to have a solar regulator between the panels to the charger instead of relying on fuses?Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
Also unless you have Very heavy duty wireing a 70a fuse sounds a bit big to me.
I'm guessing the fuses are between the DC-DC unit and load, not between panels and DC-DC unitQuote:
Originally Posted by trout1105