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#114660 05/30/03 09:16 AM
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Here is a British 3-phase panel, on a 240/415V 4-wire wye service that is the U.K. standard. The load has since been removed, but do you see a problem with how it was wired?
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The full story can be found in the Non-U.S. area here.

#114661 05/30/03 02:05 PM
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Paul, very intesting to see a UK style disconnect. Does the UK also use the US practice of the line=top terminals and load=bottom terminals? Is that the problem here?


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#114662 05/30/03 04:04 PM
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No, the line is going to the correct place (follow the above link for an explanation of the switch action).

The problem does lie with the way the feed has been brought to this unit, however. Look toward the bottom, and keep in mind that this is a steel enclosure.

#114663 05/30/03 05:37 PM
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So the “MEM” switch enclosure of ferrous metal would cause an inductive-heating problem where the conductors pass through individual holes in the bottom of the can. 99NEC300-20 warns of this left of the pond.




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#114664 05/30/03 05:47 PM
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Paul,

That was quite a hint! [Linked Image]

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#114665 05/30/03 06:14 PM
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I had spotted the individual conductor entries but just assumed that British power acted differently. [Linked Image]

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#114666 05/30/03 11:11 PM
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Hey Paul,
If that's a Star circuit, where's the Neutral?.

#114667 05/31/03 06:15 AM
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No neutral was needed here. The key-cutting machine which ran on this supply just had a 415V delta-connected motor, small enough to have direct-on-line starting rather than star-delta start-up.

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assumed that British power acted differently
Well, it drives on the left-hand side of the conductors and has an accent! [Linked Image]


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#114668 05/31/03 08:25 PM
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OK, so the power drives on the left & has a British accent. But you still get eddy currents when each phase is passed thru separate KO's. This is bad practice whichever side of the Atlantic it is done!
Also the open KO on top of the box should be fitted with a blanking grommet.

#114669 06/01/03 06:05 PM
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Paul,
The centre and right-hand wires look like they are going through a rubber grommet.
But the left-hand one looks like it has been fed through a hole that has missed the grommet, you can sort of see a small piece of metal sticking up in front of the wire.
Also, isn't the door on these units, supposed to have a seperate bonding wire on it from the body earthing terminal, to a terminal on the door?.

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