Ohms

What a bunch a morons you all are, that a bunch of school kids in fancy dress can get you so all worked up ha ha!

And you people are probably the first to complain of political correctness when the shoe is on the other foot (or jackboot ha ha)

I wasnt so long ago that a certain Prince dress up in fancy dress knowing full well the history and he was Eaton educated

Get a Life sad gits!!

(To mods this is not a flame just MHO)

Ha ha frenchy great sense of humour!

But seriously I would suggest ole Crossy he he!

Let us know the load of your water heater in watts or kilowatts and we will be able to tell you what size of cable to use. It will be written on the specification lable. The 4mm cable was just an example.

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Oh god here we go like I said I wanted to keep it short but anyway your quite correct a RCD does monitor the current by using a ct on each conductor. Any imbalance trips the device but if not earth/grounded then there will be nowhere for the fault current to go therefore will only activate when you touch it. Hardly a protective device any longer! The horse has already bolted I would say, and really not how it was designed to operate But due to the small current involved you should be ok ha ha your call!

"30mA RCD" why 30mA because that’s what u always use? The 'monkey see, monkey do' ethos doesn’t work well with electrical installation. True they are the most commonly rated RCD for socket outlets etc but for equipment containing elements you will probably find a lot of nuisance tripping but reverting back to your interpretation on how it works by relying on it activating when you ground it yourself, then I can see where your coming from ha ha.

Using 2.5mm? Like I said it would probably suffice and was off the top of my head and did state to check current carrying capacity on the net or better still IEE Regs as that was used as an example only, also stated was dependant on how the cable was run. By that I mean, clipped direct, in conduit, bunched with other cable etc etc

Most engineers don’t allow for upgrades as they calculate that the equipment is already up to the job in the first place. Cant imagine if I had to install oversized cables on every item of equipment on an Oilrig incase I “needed more oomph in the winter” ha ha that was comedy classic! You made me smile after a hard day thanks!

Power Factor Correction? Your absolutely right, but as completely resistive loads are unheard of in my business then that was an oversite on my part. But Kudos to you and thank you for pointing that out

“Just out of interest”, As you seemed to be so interested in me, and thanks for checking out my profile but sorry you didn’t find anything there! The reason I don’t post much is that I have a life I don’t feel the need to spend every waking hour conversing with people through a computer. Even if I did I certainly wouldn’t admit to knowing every post on Thaivisa in the last three years on electrical installation/theory. Call me old fashioned but I like to do it the old way and actually meet people face to face, but ‘whatever yanks your chain’

If your answers prove anything it would be that you need to be commended on your ability to search wikipedia rather than getting a proper qualification on the subject you seem so passionate about, but its good to be passionate about something. How do I know your not qualified? I think you know better than to ask that question.

Actually I don’t know why I bothered in the first place. I don’t really like French people that much! But to put an end to this thread once and for all, Frenchfarang buy a gas heater and stop asking stupid questions! Touché!

No hard feelings Crossy ole chap!

Frenchfarang etc.

I had to write when I saw all these clowns answer your question! First of all beware of asking questions that can only be answered by a professional. I am a qualified Electrician and Maintenance Superintendant Offshore. To all you clowns that answered his question, if you dont know then then shut the #### up!

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I'll keep this very short and not bore you with the hows and whys but yes you need both, a earth or ground as our yankie friends call it and a RCD or ELCB as sometimes known. If your equipment isnt earthed/grounded properly then the RCD will not work correctly FACT!

To answer how big a cable you need then you need to know what load the equipment will will take, eg. if the boiler was rated at 5000watts then we know the voltage is roughly 220V the 5000 divided by 220 is 22.72Amp. You will now need to search the internet to find the 'current carrying capacity' of a cable to suit in this instance 2.5mm square should suffice. This will all depend on the distance of your cable run, how it is run etc etc

For all the people who actually know what Im talking about, I know there are other factors to take into consideration like power factor correction etc but for his purpose this will be enough to allow him to safely calculate the correct cable size

Frenchfarag etc if you still need help then PM me. TIP be wary of people answering your post that have alot of posts behind their belt all it shows is that they like to talk alot about things they really have very little understanding about. These are the kind of people we would all avoid in the pub! ha ha

Myself and a few other fishing enthusiast from Rawai beach have been talking about getting a expat fishing club started.

With that a tournament is in order.

The P.I.S.T tournament is good but what we have in mind is more for fun and a get together after. Prizes are in order depending on entry fee. More so we would like to get to know more fishos.

Get together once a month and fish: tell tall tales around a BBQ after.

We go out to Racha yai and noi and occasional trips out to the drop off.

Target tuna, wahoo, sailfish etc, bottom fish at night.

The boat is 6.2 meter Mako craft aluminiun. Perfect for the local water room for 3 to 5.

Would like to invite anyone to join us if there is room for an extra fisherman. Share the cost of fuel and your welcome to come along. PM me and i will call you when we go out next.

Tight Lines

Jay

Hi avid fisherman here in Bangkok. Mostly do jigging and popper casting offshore for YF Tuna, Travelly, Dorado etc but looking to get into trolling. I'd be more than willing to share expenses for fuel etc if someone would like company on their boat. Have all my own gear and lures etc and can certainly travel if theres an open invitation out there. PM me if anyones interested

Cheers

R

Typical of you people on Thai Visa everybodys a f***ing expert!!

"You make it sound like you're an intelligence insider - yet most likely just another ex-US serviceman wanting an audience"

Well done Barney at last someone with something worthwhile to say instead of all these armchair political commentators!