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Post by patty on Apr 4, 2020 13:28:55 GMT
Hi...Son here and we are attempting to sort out van conversion again.. Question..please.... see pictures... there are only 4 terminals to the changeover switch to change inverter to shore side.. Does son just run the lives through the switch and bypass the neutrals Posting pictures in a minute  |
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Post by patty on Apr 4, 2020 13:32:05 GMT
He's been checking up y tube and all these how to but cannot quite suss it out.. T'other side of the blue thingy  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 13:33:57 GMT
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Post by patty on Apr 4, 2020 13:37:29 GMT
Thats what I thought... Well fingers crossed as my dining room once again a workshop.... |
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Post by Jim on Apr 4, 2020 14:09:33 GMT
Son should have a multimeter, a cheap one would do. Use the continuity test, stick probes in holes, see what's connected to what, draw a plan. Job sorted.
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Post by patty on Apr 4, 2020 14:19:32 GMT
Son should have a multimeter, a cheap one would do. Use the continuity test, stick probes in holes, see what's connected to what, draw a plan. Job sorted. I think we have a multimeter.... he's out examining my contribution to the DIY....applying varnish to wood(I'm resting with vino) I'll tell him..see if it makes sense to him thanks... hang on he's done that he was just confused about summit.... |
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Post by Telemachus on Apr 4, 2020 14:57:57 GMT
You need to switch both the live and the neutral. If it really only has 4 terminals, it’s not a suitable switch. Maybe it is designed to select between batteries? If you connect all the neutrals together it will probably all end in tears. And smoke.
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Post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Apr 4, 2020 15:07:14 GMT
You need to switch both the live and the neutral. If it really only has 4 terminals, it’s not a suitable switch. Maybe it is designed to select between batteries? If you connect all the neutrals together it will probably all end in tears. And smoke. Agreed, especially if the inverter neutral is connected to earth as many are. Don't do it! |
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Post by Telemachus on Apr 4, 2020 15:12:13 GMT
You need to switch both the live and the neutral. If it really only has 4 terminals, it’s not a suitable switch. Maybe it is designed to select between batteries? If you connect all the neutrals together it will probably all end in tears. And smoke. Agreed, especially if the inverter neutral is connected to earth as many are. Don't do it! That is one problem, which would just result in the hookup bollard tripping. Worse would a centre-tapped inverter which, if on when the hookup was plugged in, would have its “neutral” ( which isn’t really a neutral) shorted to earth. That’s when there’d be lots of smoke. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2020 15:17:09 GMT
I don't think there is a hookup bollard in this situation..
It's a van.
Not sure what sort of RCD protection the house has got but I think almost all houses these days are pretty well sorted.
There must be a few about with the old bakelite large round pin sockets.
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Post by Telemachus on Apr 4, 2020 15:24:53 GMT
I don't think there is a hookup bollard in this situation.. It's a van. Not sure what sort of RCD protection the house has got but I think almost all houses these days are pretty well sorted. There must be a few about with the old bakelite large round pin sockets. Yes it’s a van (caravan?) but when you go to a campsite don’t they have hookup bollards similar to those in marinas? And if it’s a house, one would hope any outdoor sockets are protected by an RCD. Modern houses have indoor sockets protected by RCD too. |
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Post by JohnV on Apr 4, 2020 15:24:55 GMT
Just come on line ...... agree ....... it looks like a Kraus and Naimer switch but as it only has one module it is a single pole changeover as Nick has said you need a double pole changeover Kraus and Naimer switch such as uk.rs-online.com/web/p/rotary-cam-switches/0758579/ |
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Post by patty on Apr 4, 2020 16:00:02 GMT
Thank you all very much....
son now checking it all out....
hopefully thats another problem sorted..
Makes sense to me...
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