Maddog
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Hi Guys,
Did the wiring in the garage today, long story short ran lights and sockets off one 16a mcb (with the lights through a 3a fused spur)
This freed up a 6a MCB (old Light one) just solely for the compressor, replaced that with a 16a Type B... fired up the compressor with the outlet open and it popped the breaker straight away, reset and tried again... This time it started ok (with a little brief light dimming) ran the compressor for 10 mins as advised in the instructions, used it a bit and it fired up fine everytime.
I'll see how it gets on from cold tomorrow.. If it pops again i do have a 16a type C MCB i could use instead.
I have wired the compressor with 4mm cable to the MCB, I have 4mm 30a armoured cable into the garage RCD from the house, so i figure if i still have problems with a Type C popping i could upgrade the MCB to a 20a and that would still be the weakest point in the circuit.
Sorry, that was supposed to be long story short... but anyway looking good so far.
Thanks again chaps.
Did the wiring in the garage today, long story short ran lights and sockets off one 16a mcb (with the lights through a 3a fused spur)
This freed up a 6a MCB (old Light one) just solely for the compressor, replaced that with a 16a Type B... fired up the compressor with the outlet open and it popped the breaker straight away, reset and tried again... This time it started ok (with a little brief light dimming) ran the compressor for 10 mins as advised in the instructions, used it a bit and it fired up fine everytime.
I'll see how it gets on from cold tomorrow.. If it pops again i do have a 16a type C MCB i could use instead.
I have wired the compressor with 4mm cable to the MCB, I have 4mm 30a armoured cable into the garage RCD from the house, so i figure if i still have problems with a Type C popping i could upgrade the MCB to a 20a and that would still be the weakest point in the circuit.
Sorry, that was supposed to be long story short... but anyway looking good so far.
Thanks again chaps.
