Could spend the all day watching your tutorials... not an electrician and won’t venture there but it’s simply so interesting and at last I do understand something...
This guy is very clever, I normally put earth leakage just after double pole circuit breaker then put my bridges the other way round but I make sure that my lights are not under earth leakage,,,,,,, ur explanations are so useful bro
You do realize that you were born to teach other's -dont you? Top class tutoring,straight to the point with no confusing bs and just very easy to follow while being very informative and interesting .Nothing but respect and gratitude my fellow South African..Kwaai lappies my Broer .☺
I just learned what seems so difficult like an easy task. God bless you real good. This task is amazing. I trust that God will continue to use you to educate minds and prevent hazards. From this lesson, I can carefully examine a DB and wire a building. I believe so. But the issue now is how to handle multiple plugs or lights. Hope to find another link.
That double green lever switch is an isolator and can not trip on short circuit or over load. The white and green of the earth leakage switch on the other hand is an isolator, short circuit and overload protection as well as earth leakage protection.
Great video, very well explained. How does one identify the neutral wire for a circuit once the db board is complete should there be a need to move circuits to EL or direct supply?
Hi thank you for the video its very informative. I have a question can i use a 4mm wire for a 20 amp breaker for my gyser. My gyser has a 30amp breaker now it has to be replaced. Thanks
Thanx for the info. It helps alot. Can u tell me what size breaker I shoud install for a borehole pump and if it should be wired to an earth leakage breaker. Thanx
Thanks very much, your video's have helped me a lot so far. What will happen if I put everything on earth leakage? Putting some stuff not on it will complicate things too much because I'm planning 2 rows of modules: top row for ONLY Escom, and bottom row for EITHER Escom OR Inverter via change over switch. (The bottom row will have its own neutral bar.) Furthermore, do I have to have 2-pole breakers (L+N) that lead to subpanels in my lapa and garage? The subpanels have their own L+N main switches.
I just recently upgraded my geyser element to 4000W and had to upgrade the breaker as well. My db still uses the old breakers and I discovered my geysers breaker had an in built isolater switch. However my geyser has an isolater in the roof about a meter away from it. Was it illegal for me to change the setup?
Can one use 2 single pole MCBs instead of a double pole main circuit breaker? I have a old jhb house with a faulty 80amp main supply cb and cannot get a 2p 80amp mains breaker, i can only find 2 80amp single pole breakers. Most houses are 63 amps can one step down to a 63amp supply from the original 80amps or does one need to keep the 80 amp breaker in place?
thank you. Please just note that the main breaker must have over current protection. See example here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VHyFl-y7XCA.html
Great video, very well explained. I had no idea that added neutral bar fits perfectly into a samite rail. I've always just screwed them to the board. A quick glance at your main switch seems to indicate that it's an isolator (2 green toggles = no overload protection) instead of a circuit breaker (white + green = overload protection) in which case, your main switch won't trip on a fault. I suppose you were just using it for illustrative purposes?
I have contacted CBI and they confirmed the details on their website was wrong. Many merchants have wrong details: 1drv.ms/b/s!AnwSVs2Nl8dGltpb9pAEsawaRr5ekg?e=BFxVk8 Will have to fix this video
Thank you. Cable manufacturers specify these things. The only issue is current spec changes depending on how the cable is run. www.cse-distributors.co.uk/cable/technical-tables-useful-info/table-4e1a/ Generally its: 1mm=14A; 1.5mm=19A; 2.5mm=26A; 4mm=35A
Thanks. But this one is listed as having overload and short circuit protection: www.voltex.co.za/product/cbi-isolator-63a-2pole-3ka-qal20063/ I think they have the wrong details for this isolator. Will have to change the video.