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What'S Wrong With This Picture(S)?

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Any and all constructive/sarcastic comments welcome...

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If you are talking about the different colored wires coming off the bottom of the circuit breakers this seems to be a standard practice in Thailand. I guess the different colors helps the builders/installers kept straight which wires run to which room in the residence. Or maybe they just like a colorful circuit breaker box. I also see in the second picture (the only one I opened) you have one black wire coming from somewhere not hooked up to a circuit breaker....the wire is just kinda hanging there with its bare wire exposed.

Summary: everything looks like it fully complies with Thai Electrical Standards.

I see three bare ended wires that should be insulated if not in use, apart from that and the generally messy appearance it looks OK.

Does something not work?

"I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"

exposed live on breaker 7/8 (hard to tell from the pic)

Is that earth bar blacken from something shorting - again hard to tell from the pic

Cables not run through the punch out holes in the box

Add some pasta sauce and cheese to complete

Can't close the door !!...cheesy.gif

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Thanks to all that replied. This MDB is in my neighbors new house and the same electrician did a much cleaner, simpler installation at my house a few years ago and I recommended him to my neighbor (both homes have similar electric loads). Amongst other issues, I don't understand why he put in so many MCB's. A few lights, fans, fridge and socket plugs are on the unprotected circuits for use if the RCCB trips but <deleted> is the 40 A circuit composed of? I'm going to the house tonight and the sparky says he'll explain everything :rolleyes:

Dag--door closes OK :lol:

Int Obs--that's the 1st thing I noticed yesterday :ermm: The RCCB has been tested and (somehow) works correctly :whistling:

Hssl--the sparky says he's putting another 20A breaker there. That makes about 200 breaker amps after the RCCB :o

Crossy--those are spare wires that will be insulated/isolated. Do you think the breakers are overkill? The (total) amp requirement is 120 and no more than ~40A will ever be used. And yes, everything works. Just don't know how safely and efficiently :blink:

Pib--yeah, it's quite colorful. Thai Electrical Standards? Are you winding me up or what :P

I'll let you guys know what happens tonight after the sparky explains everything :cheesy:

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  • 2 weeks later...

They earthed it? Don't see that much. :lol:

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