Recent content by UsedtobeGinger

... sorry, more accurately, I should have said if reverse polarity (misnomer really) occurs then a double pole RCD will throw in the event of eg an earth problem. And my understanding is that AC "reverse polarity" is only really a safety problem if there is a fault issue with your system - if...

I will look for the ciggy voltage raiser thing, thanks for responding. But if I have understood your second point, if the polarity of the EHU input was reversed, wouldnt this throw the double pole breakers in the RCBO and the Consumer unit? I had thought the possibility of reverse polarity...

Thanks Phil. I am quite nervous about a modified sine wave inverter used for a laptop - and a complication is that I consult for a firm who give me one of their laptops to use, so its not just straightforwardly my problem if it goes kaput because of the supply. I looked for a low power plug-in...

Soz, ignore this - see next post with the correct diagrams!

Hi, seems like a jolly place - are there any electrical experts on here? I have a self-build Relay, installed ,most electrics about 3 years ago. I put in EHU (with a consumer unit including 2-pole RCD) with a single outlet socket, solar panels, lots of other stuff. I did not put in an...

Hi, seems like a jolly place - are there any electrical experts on here? I have a self-build Relay, installed ,most electrics about 3 years ago. I put in EHU (with a consumer unit including 2-pole RCD) with a single outlet socket, solar panels, lots of other stuff. I did not put in an...