earth

[Kiwi John]

I have a shed in outback aussie it uses a genny mainly

but there seems to be no earth coming off any of the rails in the switch box
shouldn't there be an earth coming off the neutral rail to a bar in the
ground

 

[John G]

I should have mentioned--be carefull if you unlink the the N and E
buses on the switchboard with the power on; check immediately for
voltage drop between the busses when you remove the link. Anything
more than 15 volts or so is cause for concern. A faulty customer earth
and an earth leakage fault on one appliance could raise exposed
metalwork throughout the installation to mains voltage resulting in
nasty and possibly dangerous shocks when N & E are unlinked. shocks
due to an interchanged nuetral and earth connection anywhere in the
system could be fatal under these circumstances. Best to remove the
link with power off and only power up when you want to make
measurements. Electricians use a special high current pulse tester to
measure N/E resistance but a quick and dirty measurement is to connect
a 200 Watt light bulb between phase and earth anywhere in the system
with the N and E busses unlinked. The bulb should light at full
brilliance and voltage between the E & N at the switchboard should
still be under 15 volts or so. If not, then you need an electrician.
If AU regs are the same as NZ then work on the switchboard and on the
installation earth has to be done by a registered electrician,
especially if you want to keep your insurance cover.

In Aus work on ANY panel connected to the supply system MUST be by
licensed Eleco and he should understand what is required.
As has been said already there is really not enough information in a
short message to give good advice.

 

[Kiwi John]

no I mainly use a generator but sometimes switch or to solar as theres no
grid supply

yea na theres no earth in the system so i guess i beter get me a stake
and shove one in

 

[Kiwi John]

shit mate out here ya cant buy a bloody pie let alone get a sparky that
would take till about the end of November at the moment

and a plumber even worse

so ya just gotta do it yourself

 

[John G]

shit mate out here ya cant buy a bloody pie let alone get a sparky
that would take till about the end of November at the moment

and a plumber even worse

so ya just gotta do it yourself

Yeh! Understand that but just for the foreigners from north of the
equator I put the record as it is.

Lived in The Alice for some years in another life.

As you are only on gennie and solar you only have to get authority from
above for what ever you do but still you need to understand the risks
and not kill yourself.

 

[Kiwi John]

yep I under stand ya the Alice would of been interesting its bad enough
here
as you can see I'm a kiwi from the south Dunedin came to here via Brisbane
used to drive an overwidth and length truck in Brisbane cartting steel oh
dear never met so many dickheads in my life so I escaped to Capella and I
mine over in Rubyvale its a whole different life average wage around
Capella and Tieri is 95,000 plus production bonus of between 800 and 2400
per week Tieri is the 3rd richest town in Aussie everything is tied to
the Coal mine industry and nothing else really

John G can ya list all the characters you have met ??? !!!